§ Colonel Baldwin-Webbasked the Minister of Agriculture to what extent arrangements have been made by County War Agricultural Committees to provide essential supplies for farmers in their areas on a co-operative basis with a view to reducing costs?
§ Sir R. Dorman-SmithThe functions of the County War Agricultural Committees are mainly to supervise and direct locally the carrying out of the food production campaign, and I do not think it would be desirable for them to engage in business in competition with existing traders and the numerous farmers' co-operative societies already in existence.