47. Mr. De la Bèreasked the Prime Minister whether he will give an early date for the discussion of the Motion standing in the name of the hon. Member for Evesham relating to the home production of feeding stuffs?
§ ["That, in view of the vulnerable position occupied during war by agriculture in respect of the importation of feeding stuffs, this House urges on the Government the need for developing at home supplies of suitable commodities by permitting the cultivation of additional acreage of potatoes which are not suitable for human consumption but which can be fed to pigs, by using surplus fish for the production of fish-meal for poultry feeding, and by establishing national factories for the supply of these two feeding stuffs to the rearers of pigs and poultry."]
§ The Prime MinisterNo, Sir. In the present state of public business I can hold out no hope of time being available for the discussion of this Motion.
Mr. De la BèreAre the Government aware that the financial resources of the poultry keepers are in many cases exhausted, and that it is essential that cheap feeding stuffs for poultry should be secured; and may I say, For the love of Mike, do something soon?