§ Lord Melchettasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the information contained in Home Defence and the Farmer, published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 1958, is the most up-to-date information currently available for farmers about the action they should take in the event of a nuclear war, and whether copies of this booklet are readily available to farmers in this country, and if not, why not.
§ The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Lord Belstead)The most recent edition ofHome Defence and the Farmer was published in 1962, and this is now out of print. An updated version is being prepared but no date can yet be given for its publication.