§ Major Lyonsasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will take steps, through local committees and otherwise, to promote the growing of food produce in spaces devoted to private gardens?
Mr. HudsonThe production of vegetables in private gardens is one of the most important objectives of the "Dig for Victory" campaign; much publicity and propaganda have been directed to this particular aspect of food production since the outbreak of war and I am proposing to intensify activity in this direction during the coming season. Local authorities in urban areas and, recently, in rural districts also, have been urged to take all possible action to encourage owners and occupiers of private gardens to grow vegetables for their own use. Horticulture committees have been set up by many urban authorities and these are specifically charged with the task of promoting the growing of vegetables in private gardens as well as on allotments, and of providing technical advice and assistance to cultivators in collaboration with officers of my Department.