§ Sir FRANCIS BLAKEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, having regard to the shortness of this year's fruit supply, his Department can take any steps, in conjunction with district and parish councils and by means of village clubs, to preserve blackberries and other wild fruits from premature destruction, so that they may be used to the best advantage of the district in which they grow?
§ Major ASTOROwing to the failure of the fruit crops arrangements are being made by the Ministry of Food, in conjunction with the Board of Agriculture, to organise the collection of blackberries with the assistance of local organisations.