§ 49. Mr. HENDERSON STEWARTasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that the grant to the potato virus research scheme at Corstorphine has been reduced, and that the effect of the reduction will be to discontinue the research now being carried on at that station; whether the equivalent research station in England is being similarly curtailed; and if any alternative work on this scheme is being undertaken in the future in Scotland?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for SCOTLAND (Sir Godfrey Collins)I regret that it has not been possible to continue assistance from public funds to this scheme of research on the same scale as it was given from the Empire Marketing Fund, but the work will be continued with certain modifications in the current year. For information regarding the investigation which is being carried on in England, I would refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.