§ 26. Mr. de Freitasasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what reply he has made to the request of the National Farmers' Union that an international conference should be called of all barley exporting countries.
§ Mr. SoamesSo far my Department has given only preliminary comments, and a full reply will be sent after further consideration.
§ Mr. de FreitasWill the Minister bear in mind the fact that the butter conference, and similar conferences, had very good results? Will he do something to see that this problem is dealt with internationally before enormous harm is done to the industry by dumping barley from Eastern Europe?
§ Mr. SoamesWe are looking at this matter very carefully, but many considerations are involved and I could not be drawn today into anticipating my eventual reply.