HC Deb 21 May 1930 vol 239 c400
73. Viscount WOLMER

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has yet given effect to any of the recommendations of the Pig Industry Council?

Mr. N. BUXTON

My Department have given wide publicity to the recommendation of the Pig Industry Council with regard to the use of the large white boar, and have asked the council for their suggestions in further detail on the subjects of litter-testing and on a register based on commercial achievement. A further recommendation that a common unit of weight is desirable, and that this should be the score of 20 lb., has been adopted by the Ministry in their official quotations in the Agricultural Market Report.

Viscount WOLMER

Are the Ministry prepared to find money for the litter testing station?

Mr. BUXTON

A proposal to that effect was not made specifically to the Council.

Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY

Are these recommendations for dealing with the large white boar available to Members of this House?

Mr. JAMES GARDNER

Will the right hon. Gentleman indicate in this House who is the large white boar?