§ 43. Mr. Clive Bossomasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is aware of the hardship to British blackcurrant growers caused by imports of blackcurrant concentrate from 253W Poland, and of the need to safeguard horticulturists from unfair foreign competition; and what steps he will take to support the blackcurrant industry.
§ Mr. HoyI am, of course, conscious of the need to safeguard horticulturists from unfair foreign competition but I am not aware that the very small quantities of blackcurrant concentrate permitted to be imported from Poland under the quota arrangements are having any adverse effect on British blackcurrant growers.
The blackcurrant industry, in common with other sections of British horticulture, benefits not only from Government grants and guaranteed credit facilities but also from the technical assistance available from the advisory services.