§ 27. Mr. CAMPBELLasked the Minister of Agriculture what steps are being taken to assure an adequate and continuous supply of seeds for the new sugar beet industry in this country?
§ The MINISTER of AGRICULTURE (Mr. Guinness)Practically the whole of the beet seed used in Great Britain is supplied to growers by the factories with whom they have contracts, and the maintenance of a supply of suitable seed is, in my opinion, a matter that should properly be left to the industry in conjunction with the seed trade. We would naturally welcome the production of British-grown seed, and the National Institute of Agricultural Botany and the Crop Testing Stations have arranged experiments which would assist any grower wishing to establish beet seed production.