56. Mr. De la Bèreasked the Minister of Agriculture what steps are being taken to assist all milk producers in this country to produce an increase of homegrown feeding stuffs, since the high prices of foreign feeding stuffs are making milk production uneconomical?
§ Mr. RamsbothamIt is a matter for milk producers themselves to decide what proportion of their feeding stuffs they will produce on their farms.
Mr. De la BèreIs this not a case which the National Food Production Act, if it came into being, could deal with and help the country forward with?
§ Mr. RamsbothamThis is obviously a matter for the milk producers, and I expect that they know their own business as well as the hon. Member.
§ Brigadier-General Clifton BrownWhile thanking the Minister for his advice to producers, may I ask whether he will not advise the cow which provides the milk to produce it on less foodstuffs?