§ 76. Mr. Lambertasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that farmers are unable to obtain sodium chlorate for killing weeds; and what steps he is taking to make supplies available.
§ Mr. BelcherIt has not been possible so far this year to secure in full the imports of sodium chlorate which normally supplement home production, though I am hopeful of an early improvement in this respect. Meanwhile, on the advice of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, I am arranging for as much as possible to be reserved for the destruction of potato haulms and for weed killing on12W farmland. More will become available for the latter purpose as the demand for use on the potato crop diminishes.