HC Deb 23 November 1916 vol 87 cc1623-4W
Viscount WOLMER

asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he can give the names of the members of the Forage Committee and can state which of them have any practical experience of farming; and, if so, how many acres they have farmed, and in what counties these farms are situate?

Mr. FORSTER

I am unable to give the details asked for by my Noble Friend in the latter half of his question.

The following are the members of the Forage Committee:

The Right Hon. F. D. Acland, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Board, of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Mr. E. J. Cheney, C.B., Chief Agricultural Adviser, Board of Agriculture: and Fisheries.

Colonel H. G. Morgan, C.B., D.S.O., Administrative Member,

Sir Robert P. Wright, Chairman, Scottish Board of Agriculture.

Mr. Hugh Barrie, M.P. grain merchant.

Mr. S. Kidner (farmer). Bickley Farm, Milverton, Somerset.

Mr. John Inns (farmer and bay dealer), Stevenage, Herts.

Mr. Clement Smith (farmer, and Chairman, Eastern Counties Farmers' Co-operative Society), Walton Hall. Felixstowe.