§ 14. Captain P. MACDONALDasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he proposes to take any action with regard to the report of the Locust Committee, which recommended that arrangements should be made for an aeroplane fitted with poison dust-spraying apparatus to be despatched to East African Colonies for operation against locusts at an early date?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERI would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply which I gave to his question on 29th March. The preliminary experiments are being actively pursued under the auspices of the Economic Advisory Council, but I understand that certain technical difficulties still remain to be surmounted before active work in the field can he inaugurated.
§ Mr. C. WILLIAMSHas not the right hon. Gentleman made any advance in this matter? What has he been doing?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERI have been doing exactly what this very expert committee advised should be done.