HC Deb 08 May 1922 vol 153 c1827W
Captain TERRELL

asked the Prime Minister if a White Paper can and will be published before the Debate in the House setting out all the facts and considerations on which the Cabinet's decision to retain the embargo on Canadian cattle was based, and also showing what, place the encouragement of home-breeding of cattle occupies in the Government's agricultural policy?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

The course suggested by my hon. and gallant Friend is a very unusual one, and I am not prepared to adopt it. The grounds for the decision of the Government were stated by the Minister of Agriculture on the 9th February last in reply to a question by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Daventry (Captain Fitzroy), and if my hon. and gallant Friend requires further information T would refer him to the evidence given before the Royal Commission on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture.