§ 1. Mr. Doddsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress has been made by the committee looking into the problems of meat and livestock; what details he can give of what is going on in this connection; and who on the committee is putting the housewives' point of view.
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Derick Heathcoat Amory)The Committee has made a general survey of research work already being done in relation to meat and livestock and has reached certain provisional conclusions on the most pressing problems for further investigation. I understand that it is now working out a plan of co-ordinated research, together with proposals for improvement of existing research facilities. The interests of housewives are represented directly on the Committee by Mrs. Hilda Whitlow, who is a housewife and a journalist.