§ 55. Mr. W. B. TAYLORasked the Minister of Agriculture, in view of the importance of preserving a stabilised and certain market for British-grown barley, if he will approach the brewery and distilling interests in this country with a view to securing an economic price for and the use of home-grown barley?
§ Dr. ADDISONIt is not easy to see how I, as Minister of Agriculture, can take action to secure the desirable object of my hon. Friend. The brewing industry has intimated to my Department, on behalf of English brewers, that they are anxious to use as high a proportion as possible of English ingredients, and that they only resort to the use of imported material when such a course is unavoidable. It is to be hoped that this policy will lead to a good demand for homegrown barley of suitable quality.