§ 28. Mr. MILLS (for Dr. MORGAN)asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any steps have been taken to deal, in the island of St. Vincent, British West Indies, with the attack of cotton worm and soft rot in the sea island cotton crop of the island in 1928; whether the attack is now under control; whether the acreage under cotton is being increased; and whether there is any likelihood of the poor crop in 1928 being increased this year to the average of previous years?
§ Dr. SHIELSThe latest information available on the various points raised in my hon. Friend's question is contained in an article, to which I would refer him, in "Tropical Agriculture," the journal of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture. This article appears in the issue of October, 1929, and is written 468 by the Commissioner of Agriculture for the West Indies. I shall be happy to forward a copy to him if he has not already seen the article.
§ Mr. THURTLECan my hon. Friend say whether this same disease of soft rot is affecting the Conservative party?