HC Deb 25 November 1963 vol 685 c10W
65. Mr. Hayman

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will make a statement on the prospects of marketing the broccoli crop of Cornwall this winter.

Mr. Scott-Hopkins

This year's Cornish broccoli crop, which promises to be a good one, is a fortnight to three weeks earlier than usual, and the first of the Cornish supplies are having to compete with the last of the heavy autumn crop from other areas. I have no reason to expect that, when the autumn crop is over, Cornish growers will not be able to market their broccoli as usual, always provided that we do not have an abnormally hard winter.

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