§ 14. Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps he is taking to expedite the publication of the National Food Survey.
Mr. AmoryThe completion of the next Annual Report, for 1955, is being pressed forward and I am expecting that it will be published in the middle of this year. I am also hoping to follow this by publishing the main results of the Survey for 1956 and subsequent years at quarterly intervals, in addition to continuing the comprehensive annual reports.
§ Mr. WilleyIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that this is a marked improvement, because these figures have been published far too late in the past, and if we are going to get them reasonably soon, it means that we can make much better use of them?
Mr. AmoryI believe that this is an improvement. Why I was cautious in my earlier reply was because the figures which we hope to make available quarterly in future will not be all the figures contained in the subsequent final report, though, I think, they will comprise the most important and most interesting of them.