§ Colonel HALL WALKERasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he will state what steps the Government are taking to relieve farmers of irksome and costly control, and thereby to increase production of hay, with a view to a reduction of the cost of living in this country?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI regret that I am not yet in a position to add anything with regard to this matter to the reply given on Monday last to the hon. and gallant Member for Yeovil.
§ Colonel HALL WALKERasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he will state if the Government have been concerned in the purchase of Canadian hay; and whether he will state the price of such hay on the Canadian farms and the total cost of transport unloaded from the ship at Liverpool?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative; the second part, therefore, does not arise.