HC Deb 15 June 1931 vol 253 cc1450-2W
Brigadier-General CLIFTON BROWN

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the report of the progress made under the national mark scheme by the Council of Agriculture for England and Wales, he is taking any steps to extend the scope of the original Act to other home-produced products such as butter, jam, beet sugar and beer, as they recommended?

Dr. ADDISON

The Agriculture Produce (Grading and Marking) Act can already be applied to butter, and my Department has in hand an investigation into the marketing of that commodity including the possibility of introducing a standardisation scheme for home-produced butter under the national mark. A Bill to extend the scope of the 1928 Act to products derived from agricultural produce is about to be introduced in another place, and, with the good will of all parties, will, I hope, be passed into law this Session.