§ 35. Major LEIGHTONasked the Minister of Agriculture, in view of the very low prices now existing in the egg and poultry industry, whether he has any scheme to ameliorate the position?
§ 36. Lieut.-Colonel WINDSOR - CLIVEasked the Minister of Agriculture if any scheme for the assistance of the egg and poultry industry is in course of preparation?
§ The MINISTER of AGRICULTURE (Major Elliot)The position in regard to the preparation of a statutory scheme for the marketing of poultry products is that a request has been received from the National Farmers' Union and the-National Poultry Council, on behalf of producers in England and Wales, for the appointment of a reorganisation cam-mission for eggs and poultry, with terms of reference covering Great Britain as a whole. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and I will give early and sympathetic consideration to this request as soon as it is evident that it has the support of Scottish producers, whose views are being ascertained.
Captain CROOKSHANKMay I take it that any egg scheme would have to be laid on the Table of this House?