HC Deb 06 December 1928 vol 223 c1428W
Mr. RENNIE SMITH

asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs the names of the firms of experimental packing stations in this country which are being assisted by the Empire Marketing Board, and the amount of assistance in each case?

Mr. GUINNESS

I have been asked to reply. From the funds placed at my disposal by the Empire Marketing Board grants have been made to the following experimental or demonstrational packing or grading stations, £1,500 to the Per-shore Co-operative Fruit Market, Limited. a capital grant of £600 and a demonstration grant of £300 a year to the Gloucestershire Fruit and Vegetable Co-operative Marketing Society for an egg packing station, and £100 to Cottenham Fruit Growers, Limited.