HC Deb 26 October 1944 vol 404 cc361-2W
Colonel Ropner

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the needs of smallholders and especially of ex-Service men to secure cold frames and cloches for vegetable cultivation, he is able to ensure an adequate supply of these articles for use in the coming spring.

Mr. Hudson

I regret that owing to the continued shortage of softwood it is not possible to relax the existing limitation on supplies of cold frames. Increased provision has recently been made for the manufacture of cloches, however, and I have no reason to suppose that supplies will be inadequate,