§ Mr. Jacksonasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has any scientific adviser on the control of animal breeding; and, if so, was this adviser consulted in the publication of the Ministry's handbook on the British breeds of livestock?
Mr. HudsonThe competent agricultural research institutes are the source to which I look for scientific advice, as occasion arises, on questions relating to genetics. The publication to which the hon. Member refers was not intended to be a scientific treatise but was designed to fill the need for a descriptive handbook on breeds of livestock and was prepared in close co-operation with each of the breed societies concerned.