§ Mr. Granvilleasked the Minister of Agriculture what steps were taken by the war agricultural executive committees in Yorkshire and Derbyshire for the rescue of sheep from snowdrifts.
Mr. HudsonThe rescue of sheep from snowdrifts is a task normally undertaken by the farmers themselves. I am not256W aware that any requests for assistance during the recent snowfalls were made to the War Agricultural Executive Committee in Yorkshire and Derbyshire by sheep farmers in those counties.