Growing Crops (Prosecutions)

HC Deb 10 June 1943 vol 390 cc847-8

51. Sir George Mitcheson

asked the Minister of Agriculture how many pro- secutions have been instigated by his Department in respect of growing crops?

Mr. Hudson

Proceedings have been taken in 630 cases in England and Wales for non-compliance with Cultivation Orders, breaches of the Horticultural Cropping Orders and damage to or waste of growing crops or of harvested crops still on farms.