HC Deb 05 May 1930 vol 238 c632
80. Viscount WOLMER

asked the Minister for Agriculture when the Agricultural Conference last met and when it is going to meet again?

Mr. N. BUXTON

I would refer the Noble Lord to the reply given to a similar question on 14th April, to which there is at present nothing to add.

Viscount WOLMER

Is it not a fact that this Conference adjourned more than a month ago because the Government had no policy?

Mr. BUXTON

The Conference adjourned to await the results of certain technical examinations, and, having consulted several members of the Conference, I find that the wish is to defer meeting until those examinations are complete.

Viscount WOLMER

Why did not the right hon. Gentleman make those examinations of policy before he made his election pledges?

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