§ 27. Mr. Bellengerasked the Minister of Health whether, in collaboration with the Minister of Agriculture, he is giving consideration to the terms of the resolution which has been sent to him, unanimously carried at the conference on the wider 672 aspects of nutrition recently convened by the British Medical Association, which urged upon the Government the formulation of a long-term food policy, in which the requirements of health, agriculture and industry, should be considered in mutual relation; and whether he is taking any steps to implement the suggestion contained in the resolution that an educational campaign should be launched, to encourage the increased consumption of foodstuffs held to be desirable on nutritional grounds?
§ Mr. ElliotThe resolution has not yet been submitted to me, though I am aware of its terms and shall, of course, give careful consideration, in consultation with such of my right hon. Friends as are concerned with the matter in its various aspects, to any representations which may be made to me by the British Medical Association in support of it.
§ Mr. BellengerAs the right hon. Gentleman is aware of the terms of the resolution, has he no concrete proposals for implementing them?
§ Mr. ElliotI am sure the hon. Gentleman would not pronounce upon a resolution, even if he were aware of its terms, until it had been formally submitted.