§ 50. Colonel Sir A. Lambert Wardasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will arrange for his Department to issue instructions with regard to the killing of rooks, as much difference of opinion exists as to the usefulness or otherwise of these birds?
Mr. HudsonSuch instructions have already been issued to county war agricultural executive committees by my Department, which has also published an advisory leaflet on the subject. I am sending copies of these documents to my hon. and gallant Friend.
§ Sir A. Lambert WardIs my right hon. Friend aware that official organisations working under his Department, such as the Nottinghamshire agricultural committee, are practically ordering the wholesale destruction of these birds?
Mr. HudsonIt may well be that it is justified in view of the excessive number of birds in particular localities.