§ Sir L. Lyleasked the Minister of Agriculture the nature of the Report of the Wilkins Committee on the Post-war Breeding of Poultry.
Mr. HudsonProposals for developing poultry breeding stock have been recently submitted to me arising from a series of
LAND DRAINAGE SCHEMES IN YORKSHIRE (W.R.) APPROVED SINCE 3RD SEPTEMBER, 1939. Act under which approved. Class of work. No. of schemes. Estimated cost. £ Agriculture Act, 1937 Minor arterial drainage 260 247,355 Agriculture (Misc. War Provisions) Act, 1940. Section 14. 21 22,710 Agriculture (Misc. Provisions) Act, 1941. Section 5. 2 1,896 Agriculture (Misc. War Provisions) (No. 2) Act, 1940. Ditches 800 29,096 Tiles 796 65,531 Moles 18 928 1,897 £367,516 In addition grant-aid has been approved for extensive works for execution by the Catchment Boards concerned on "main rivers" which are calculated to bring direct benefit to agricultural land and/or to facilitate the drainage works carried out under the above schemes.