§ 22. Captain Robert Ryderasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken to increase meat supplies from the Falkland Islands.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe Colonial Development Corporation is constructing a refrigeration plant in the Colony, and I hope this will encourage, farmers to look to the meat market instead of concentrating upon wool. But it would be unwise to expect early results or results on a big scale.
§ Captain RyderWhen my right hon. Friend says that it is unwise to expect early results, is he aware that this project was due for completion last March, that it is still not completed, and looks as if it is going to cost twice the amount of the original estimate?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThis project, like a number of others, has run into many difficulties, and we are now giving urgent consideration to the problems involved.