§ 60. Mr. Goochasked the Minister of Agriculture if he will take steps with a view to securing the deferment of the new clause in sugar beet contracts which requires farmers to grow sugar beet from 1947 onwards on the same land only once in every three years and thus enable many 515 occupiers of small farms in Norfolk and elsewhere to continue to grow this valuable crop next year.
Mr. WilliamsThis clause has been agreed between the British Sugar Corporation and the National Farmers' Union, and I am satisfied that its inclusion in the contract is desirable on grounds of good husbandry. The possibility of some relaxation of this requirement in individual cases for 1947 is, however, at present under consideration.