§ 94. Mr. T. Reidasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if it is now intended to proceed with the cutting out of diseased cocoa trees in West Africa.
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Mr. Creech JonesThe report of the Commission of Scientists on the swollen shoot disease has confirmed that the destruction of diseased trees is imperative in order to gain control of the disease. The measures to be taken are now under urgent consideration by the Governments of the Gold Coast and Nigeria, but the farmers must be brought to recognise and agree to the necessity for such a policy if cutting-out to the extent necessary is to be successful.