§ 54. Lieut.-Colonel Heneageasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will give a list of the brewers that are not carrying out the gentlemen's agreement to take 70 per cent. of British barley?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for South-West Norfolk (Mr. De Chair) on 14th November.
§ Lieut.-Colonel HeneageDoes the right hon. Gentleman not think that, in view of 28 the serious barley situation, the names of any firms not carrying out the agreement should be published?
§ Mr. MorrisonMy hon. and gallant Friend will appreciate that this agreement was on the part of the brewers to purchase collectively this particular amount, and I really have nothing to add to the answer to which I have referred him.
§ Lieut.-Colonel HeneageIf certain firms are letting their fellow firms down, should not their names be published?
§ Mr. MorrisonI am intending to call a conference of brewers, maltsters and growers of barley, in order to review the whole question.
§ Mr. McEnteeDoes the right hon. Gentleman not think that if an agreement is being broken by parties to it, it cannot any longer be called a gentlemen's agreement?
§ Mr. MorrisonThere is no evidence that the agreement has been broken.