§ Colonel Sir A. SPROTasked the Food Controller if he is aware of the dissatis- 54W faction prevailing amongst Scottish farmers on account of the failure to remove and pay for potatoes which are stored in pits on the farms, in accordance-with arrangements made in the public interest, at least one-fourth of last year's supply being stored in this way, and whether he will take steps to remedy this, state of matters?
§ Mr. McCURDYI am not aware of the-dissatisfaction to which the hon. and gallant Member refers. Delivery is being taken of the surplus potatoes in Scotland as quickly as possible, and a large proportion of the new contract which has now been concluded with the German Government will be fulfilled from Scotland. I cannot agree that anything like one-fourth of the 1918 crop is still in the hands of growers.