§ Sir J. SPEARasked the President of the Board of Agriculture if, in view of the number of cattle that will have to be be slaughtered in the autumn from lack of feeding stuffs, he will arrange that part of the contemplated provisions of cold-storage accommodation for English meat be made at Plymouth so as to preserve the meat for use in the winter and spring, when scarcity will prevail?
§ Sir R. WINFREYThe cold storage accommodation at Plymouth has a capacity which only take about 400 tons of beef. It is not contemplated to build more at Plymouth. All the cold stores in the country have been surveyed, and the proposal is to adopt existing stores and not to build new ones. This is necessary because of the scarcity of building and especially engineering materials.