§ Mr. Thornton-Kemsleyasked the Minister of Food whether, having regard to the Government's declared intention of encouraging pig and poultry producers to increase their breeding programmes, he will revise the basis of allocation of balanced meal to commercial pig and poultry keepers whose land and buildings are capable of carrying a substantial increase in stock above the 1939 figures, upon which the present allocation is based, to enable such producers to obtain an allocation more in keeping with their present production capacity.
§ Mr. T. WilliamsNo, Sir. The possibility of revising the present basis of allocation of feedingstuffs has recently been reviewed, but if severe hardship on existing producers is to be avoided any substantial modification must depend on an adequate increase in supplies.