§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he is aware that Members of Parliament are having to wait three and four weeks for replies from his Department when they raise problems of a minor character; and what action he proposes to take.
§ Mr. GodberThe average time taken by my Department to reply to letters from Members is three weeks. Our practice is to acknowledge all letters immediately they are received, and, if a substantive reply is likely to be delayed longer than three weeks, an interim one is always sent.
If the hon. Member would care to let me have details of any particular case which he has in mind, I will certainly look into it.