§ 47. Mr. Goronwy Robertsasked the Lord President of the Council what research is being undertaken by the Agricultural Research Council to improve the quality of mountain sheep upon which much of the success of Welsh hill farming depends.
§ Mr. H. MorrisonI am glad to inform my hon. Friend that the Agricultural Research Council has decided to purchase a farm in North Wales, where research on the breeding of Welsh mountain sheep will be carried out by the Animal Breeding and Genetics Research Organisation 23 recently set up by the Council under the direction of Professor R. G. White. With the help of the Merioneth Agricultural Executive Committee, a suitable farm has been found near Corwen and final negotiations are in progress for its purchase. This project is distinct from the experimental husbandry farms, one of which will be a hill farm, which my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries is proposing to establish in Wales.