§ 62. Mr. BARCLAY-HARVEYasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that the spread of bracken is causing serious damage to agricultural arid pastoral land in Scotland; and what action he proposes to take to deal with the matter?
§ Sir G. COLLINSYes, Sir. In view of the urgency of the problem as affecting sheep farmers in Scotland, I have approved a scheme for providing financial assistance in 1936 and succeeding years for cutting bracken by machines of two types which have been tested by experiment.