§ Rear-Admiral Beamishasked the Minister of Agriculture whether the committee, under Lord Bingley, to examine and promote facilities for marketing the goods of small producers has yet been set up and what is its composition; and whether the Rural Reconstruction Society is represented on the committee?
§ Sir R. Dorman-SmithThe Council whose establishment I announced in reply to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Moseley (Sir P. Hannon) on 22nd February has been formally constituted as the Domestic Food Producers' Council and held its first meeting on 20th March. The Council, under the chairmanship of the right hon. Lord42W Bingley, comprises nominated representatives of the following bodies, together with representatives of the Board of Education, Ministry of Food and Ministry of Supply and five other members:
Accredited Poultry Breeders' Federation.
Agricultural Education Association.
Association of Municipal Corporations.
British Legion.
British Rabbit Council.
Chick Producers Association.
County Councils Association.
Horticultural Education Association.
Institute of Parks Administration.
National Allotments Society Limited.
National Association of County Agricultural Organisers.
National Council of Social Service.
National Farmers' Union.
National Federation of Women's Institutes.
National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs.
National Poultry Council.
National Union of Townswomen's Guilds.
Parliamentary Committee of the Co-operative Congress.
Poultry Education Association.
Royal Horticultural Society.
Society of Friends (Quakers) Allotments Committee.
Trades Union Congress.
Urban District Councils Association.
Working Men's Club and Institute Union, Limited.
The Rural Reconstruction Association is not represented on the Council.