§ Mr. Spearingasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in pursuing his policy that statutory support should encourage farmers to engage in systems of husbandry that maintain soil health, what investigations he has made, or will be making, into the effects of different cropping and cultivation practices on the micro-biology of soils.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartMy Department does a great deal of work on problems of the soil which take account of microbiological factors. The need and priority for more is always under consideration.