HC Deb 25 April 1940 vol 360 cc362-3
49. Lieut.-Colonel Heneage

asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he is taking to popularise kitchen waste suitable for livestock saved in boroughs and urban districts among the farmers and poultry keepers?

Sir R. Dorman-Smith

The general steps taken to draw the attention of farmers to the use of waste foodstuffs for stock feeding were outlined in the reply I gave my hon. and gallant Friend on 18th March, and in particular a report by the Pig Experiments Co-ordinating Committee on swill feeding in war-time has been published in summarised form and is available to any applicant.

Lieut.-Colonel Heneage

Will the Minister bear in mind that there is a slowness on the part of farmers to take up feeding-stuffs to which they are not accustomed, and will he do his best to see that when the local authorities have accumulated this kind of feeding-stuff it is not allowed to deteriorate?

Mr. R. C. Morrison

Will the Minister put a copy of the regulations in the Library?

Sir R. Dorman-Smith

indicated assent.

Mr. De la Bère

Could not the Agricultural Publicity Committee do any work in drawing attention to this matter?

Sir R. Dorman-Smith

They already have.

Sir R. Acland

Will the Minister consider the great importance of making available, from some central source, some kind of containers for housewives for the collection of refuse?

Sir R. Dorman-Smith

There is another Question down on that subject.