§ Mr. Emeryasked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he is taking to deal with the increased plague of rats due to the extension of sugar-beet growing?
Mr. HudsonThe powers conferred on county war agricultural executive committees by the Rats Order, 1940, enable them to deal with rats in any circumstances. I have recently urged the committees to press on more vigorously with the rat destruction campaign, and I have no doubt that this aspect of the problem will receive the attention of the committees concerned.