§ 19. Sir John Graham Kerrasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been drawn to the immense untapped stores of nourishing food material existing off the West coast of Scotland in the form of plankton; and whether he will set up a committee, with the necessary biological and engineering knowledge to inquire into the practicability of making such food material available for human consumption?
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food (Major Lloyd George)I have been asked to reply to this Question. I am advised that, even if it were practicable to prepare it in a form suitable for human consumption, the quantity of material likely to be obtained would be an insignificant contribution to our food supplies.