§ 57. Mr. Deedesasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food why there has been delay in giving clearance for dairy farming to Jull and Son of Roberts Farm, Smarden, Kent, who have been prevented from carrying on their business by the outbreak of fluoracetamide poisoning since August 1963.
§ Mr. PeartIn the light of crop tests, Messrs. Jull and Son were advised on 229W 2nd February that my Department sees no reason why normal farming operations should not be resumed subject to certain measures being taken in connection with the watercourses. This means that the land which was put down to winter wheat in the autumn of 1964 could, after re-seeding, be used for grazing dairy stock from the spring of 1966 onwards. As a precaution, further tests on one small area will be made during the 1965 growing season.