§ 67. Mr. Dodds-Parkerasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is now in a position to say what special steps it is proposed to take to increase the number of sheep in this country during the next few years.
§ Mr. T. WilliamsThe need for an increase in the acreage of tillage in this country unfortunately entails some setback to our hopes of an early revival of the sheep population. Steps are, however, being taken to encourage sheep production in the United Kingdom by the guarantee of minimum prices up to the summer of 1950, by the recently announced increase in the prices of fat sheep and lambs for 1946–7, and also by the proposals contained in the Hill Farming Bill which I introduced in this House on 18th February.