HC Deb 25 March 1930 vol 237 cc292-3W
Sir H. HOPE

asked the Minister of Agriculture if any cases of mosaic or other leaf-potato diseases have been found in this country during the last three years; and, if so, what steps he has taken to prevent the importation of such diseases in foreign supplies?

Mr. N. BUXTON

The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative; mosaic and other virus diseases of the potato have been present in this country for well over a century. I am advised that the risk of increased loss of crop due to those diseases through the importation of foreign potatoes is negligible.

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