§ Major Boyd-Carpenterasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether production of food in the British zone in Germany is up to the level of the 1939 production; and what action is being 263W taken to expand the present level of production.
§ Mr. J. HyndNo, Sir, but all possible steps are being taken to increase food production though shortages of seed, fertilisers and agricultural equipment are serious handicaps. The measures include ploughing up 650,000 acres of grassland, reducing livestock, prohibiting luxury crops and using town gardens for growing potatoes and other vegetables.