§ Mr. De Chairasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has considered what is likely to be the effect upon fruit-growers in the Fens, and other parts of Norfolk, of the tariff concessions on American apples and pears foreshadowed in the Anglo-American Trade Agreement, especially in view of the adverse seasonal conditions which English fruit-growers have experienced this year?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonI do not anticipate that the reduction of the duties on apples and pears will have any appreciable effect on the position of the home producer, whose returns are principally determined by the widely fluctuating yield of the home crop. I would, moreover, draw the attention of my hon. Friend to the exchange of letters attached to the Agreement, in which the United States Government recognises the desirability of regulating the flow of apples to the United Kingdom market, and undertakes to call the attention of United States exporting interests to the desirability of their cooperating with the Empire Fruits Council, to achieve this end.