§ 33. Lieut.-Colonel MOOREasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is satisfied that the recently increased duties on foreign potatoes are sufficient to prevent an undue amount of importation; and, if not, whether he proposes to take any action in the matter?
§ Major ELLIOTThe answer to the question raised by my hon. and gallant Friend must necessarily be a matter of opinion. The matter is, I suggest, hardly one that can properly be dealt with within the limit of question and answer, and I would remind my hon. and gallant Friend that he will have an opportunity of raising it during the discussion on the Resolution now on the Order Paper, affirming the Treasury Order under which the duties were imposed.
§ Lieut.-Colonel MOOREIs the right hon. and gallant Gentleman aware that 1427 the opinion of the Scottish potato growers is that nothing short of complete prohibition will suffice?
§ Major ELLIOTAll that my hon. and gallant Friend asked was whether the duties were sufficient to prevent an undue amount of importation, not whether they were sufficient to bring about complete prohibition.