§ 26. Sir Gifford Foxasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that large hatcheries, which in recent years have built up a large volume of business in supplying day-old chickens to poultry farmers, have had many thousands of orders cancelled in view of the present situation in the poultry industry; and whether he proposes to take any steps to ensure that the recent expansion of the British poultry industry is not imperilled?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonI believe it to be true that in certain cases hatcheries have recently experienced a reduced demand 14 for day-old chickens, but I am not aware that this state of affairs is in any way general. With regard to the last part of the question, I have nothing to add to recent replies on this subject.