§ 23. Sir J. POWERasked the Minister of Agriculture whether any grain elevators for the storage of home-grown grain are in existence in Great Britain; and if the erection of any is contemplated?
§ Captain BOWYERThere are large elevators in all the main ports and milling centres and also railway warehouses throughout the country which have ample accommodation available for the storage of home-grown grain, although they are, in fact, little used for this purpose. The erection of new elevators for home-grown grain would not, therefore, be justifiable except, possibly, in certain areas and in connection with a system of orderly marketing organised on a large scale. The possibilities in this direction are discussed in the Ministry's recent Report on the Marketing of Wheat, Barley and Oats.