§ Mr. REMERasked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the inability of the farmers in Cheshire to dispose of their cheese; and whether he will take steps to approach the boards of guardians and other public authorities to take over this cheese supply from the farmers with a view to assisting the distress caused by unemployment?
Sir A. BOSCAWENI am aware that farmers in Cheshire, as in other parts of the country, are finding it difficult to dispose of their cheese. The position in Cheshire, I understand, is due to the amount of unemployment among the textile workers and others in that county and Lancashire, and will, I trust, improve with increased activity in the cotton industry. I fear that I could hardly take action on the lines suggested in the second part of the question for the benefit of one special and local branch of agriculture. I have no doubt that in their purchases public authorities generally will bear in mind the desirability of encouraging the home producer.