HC Deb 20 July 1950 vol 477 cc2471-2
49. Mr. Tom Brown

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is now in a position to make an announcement about arrangements for allocation of fuel for glasshouses in the coming season.

The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Thomas Williams)

After consultation with my right hon. Friend the Minister of Fuel and Power, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and I have decided to remove all restrictions on the cropping of glasshouses. Growers will therefore, no longer be required to sign an undertaking that they will devote a prescribed portion of their heated glasshouse space to food crops in order to obtain large coal.

Mr. Brown

May I thank my right hon. Friend for that reply, and say that it will give intense satisfaction to those interested in growing food, etc., under glass?