HC Deb 25 July 1955 vol 544 cc794-5
6. Mr. Hurd

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what arrangements are being made to celebrate, in October, the Tenth Anniversary of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and to bring a wider realisation of the value of the work of this organisation.

Mr. Amory

This is now being considered in consultation with a number of organisations having a special interest in the work of the Food and Agriculture Organisation.

Mr. Hurd

Will my right hon. Friend give an undertaking that adequate arrangements will be made to celebrate in this country the Tenth Anniversary of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organisation? Many of us feel that the value of the work done by this Organisation deserves still further recognition.

Mr. Amory

I agree with what my hon. Friend has said. We will do our very best to make this important occasion a worthy one.

Mr. Gooch

Does the Minister appreciate that much of the fine work done by the Food and Agriculture Organisation is little known by the general public? If he undertakes to arrange celebrations on a scale that would enable us to put it over to the public in a non-party way, I feel that that would be in the general interest.

Mr. Amory

I agree. The United Kingdom National Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organisation now has the matter in hand in consultation with various public organisations.