§ Lieut.-Colonel Heneageasked the Minister of Agriculture what is the nature of the liaison between the war agricultural committees and borough and other local authorities, with a view to their using waste products suitable for livestock feeding and manure?
§ Captain McEwenI have been asked to reply. The organisation of the collection and disposal of waste materials from civilian sources for use in agriculture is a matter for local authorities, who have 1383W been urged by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Supply to take all possible steps to salvage suitable material, particularly waste foodstuffs, of which there is a very pressing need for stock feeding. My right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture has asked county war agricultural executive committees to co-operate with local authorities in their areas in the disposal of waste foodstuffs. Local authorities have also been requested to bring waste materials suitable for manurial purposes to the notice of farmers through the medium of the county agricultural education authorities.