§ Sir B. STANIERasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture if the offer made by the Lancashire farmers that non-immune varieties of potatoes against wart disease can be planted on condition that they do not go out of the county has been accepted; and, if so, can they be informed at once?
Sir A. BOSCAWENThe Ministry have received two resolutions from660W Lancashire and South Westmorland farmers on the subject referred to by my hon. and gallant Friend. They have given the matter their serious consideration, and they regret, in view of all the circumstances, that they are unable to make any alteration in the existing Regulations for the coming season.