§ Colonel Carverasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that several firms who were under contract for cutting and maintaining grass near aerodromes before the war have had their contracts terminated; and, as this large acreage of grass produces an enormous yield which is now going to waste, whether he will confer with the War Office and Air Ministry with a view to using officers and men who are already experienced to make grass silage and so improve the feeding-stuff position?
Mr. HudsonThe answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative. I am in consultation with my right hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Air and the Minister of Aircraft Production on the general question raised in the second part.