Commander WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Agriculture if he is in co-operation with the Secretary of State for Scotland to work out a system of insurance for fishermen against loss of gear?
§ Dr. ADDISONThe Secretary of State for Scotland is keeping my right hon. Friend informed of the steps he is taking in this matter.
Commander WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in order to provide employment of inshore fishermen, any investigations have been made by him with a view to putting into operation the tank system of breeding sheel-fish initiated by the Conway research station in suitable areas in Devon and Cornwall?
Mr. BUXTONI hope that the experiments in the breeding of oysters in tanks which are in progress at Conway will
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(a) Institutions for Higher Agricultural Education. Institution. Location. Size. Grant for academic year 1928–29. Acres. £ University College of Wales Aberystwyth 150 3,500 University College of North Wales Bangor 680 3,500 Cambridge University Cambridge 420 6,500 Leeds University Leeds No farm. 3,800 Armstrong College Newcastle-upon-Tyne No farm. 3,500 Oxford University Oxford 360 4,000 Reading University Reading 160 4,000 South-Eastern Agricultural College Wye, Kent 550 4,000 Midland Agricultural College Sutton Bonnington, Lough-borough. 200 3,000 Harper Adams Agricultural College and National Institute of Poultry Husbandry. Newport, Salop 330 6,500 Seale-Hayne Agricultural College Newton Abbot, Devon 340 2,300 Royal Agricultural College Cirencester 60 3,000 Studley College Studley, Warwickshire 340 1,000 Swanley College Swanley, Kent 60 1,750 British Dairy Institute Reading No farm. 900 Royal Veterinary College London No farm. 3,300 Liverpool University (School of Veterinary Science). Liverpool No farm. 1,850 The above institutions provide higher agricultural (or veterinary) education. The farms are used for demonstration and experimental purposes. lead ultimately to a development of oyster fisheries which will bring about increased employment for inshore fishermen in suitable areas, wherever such are found; but further experiment is needed both for perfecting the system and for proving it on a commercial scale.