HC Deb 21 December 1944 vol 406 cc1940-1
53. Mr. Driberg

asked the Minister of Agriculture if he can now consider some increase in the ration of feeding-stuffs for domestic keepers of pigs.

Mr. T. Williams

No, Sir. Supplies do not permit of any such increase.

Mr. Driberg

Is this policy reviewed from time to time as the shipping situation alters?

Mr. Williams

It is more or less always under review but I had better warn my hon. Friend that, should supplies become easier, I think first call would be from commercial pig producers and poultry keepers who have been kept on such low rations of feeding-stuffs for their stocks for a long time.