§ Mr. Skeffingtonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what tests have been established by his Department for the purpose of comparing the quality of eggs produced by battery methods and eggs produced by more natural means.
§ Mr. SoamesMy Department has not established any tests for comparing the quality of eggs produced by battery methods and eggs produced by more natural means. But scientific tests elsewhere have not shown that battery methods produce any inferiority in egg quality where hens are properly fed.