§ 43. Mr. Hurdasked the Minister of Works if he will take action to allow small quantities of wire netting to be purchased by those who need to protect allotments and vegetable gardens from damage by rabbits; and if he is aware that Major Beauchamp Seymour of Shefford Woodlands, Newbury, was advised by the Berkshire Agricultural Executive Committee to apply for a permit for 100 yards of such netting to the civil building control of the Ministry of Works at Reading, who informed him that the permit was not required as local merchants could supply such small quantities, whereas in fact firms in Newbury and Hungerford cannot supply without permits from the civil building control.
§ Mr. KeyIn accordance with the Control of Iron and Steel (No. 62) Order, 1948, small quantities of wire netting up to 100 linear yards in any one month may be purchased without permit. The advice given by my regional officer at Reading was, therefore, correct, and I am advised that Major Beauchamp Seymour has now obtained the netting he requires without a permit.