Mr. David Adamsasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what success has attended the efforts of the Government of Jamaica to increase the local food supply by its food production campaign; and what further steps are being taken to prevent these breaking down in view of the fact that the price of food is rising steeply?
§ Mr. George HallThe information available indicates that considerable success has attended the campaign to grow more food in Jamaica and large increases in the production of such commodities as corn, pulses and rice have occurred. I have no information that there has been any large increases in the price of food, though no doubt some increase in the price of imported foods has been inevitable. A rise of prices would of course encourage even greater production of local foodstuffs. The Government is keeping prices under constant observation and taking all possible steps to control them.