§ Mr. D. Jonesasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken to increase food production in the Colony of Barbados; and how far efforts are being made to establish a production and marketing board to assist an increase of production in the Colony.
§ Mr. LytteltonThis matter is in the first instance for the Government of Barbados. Plantation owners are required to cultivate vegetables on part of their land. The Colony's development plan, now under consideration by the Legislature, contains proposals for increasing food production, including fish and meat, and for improvement of the district agricultural stations and of the central livestock station which was established under a Colonial Development and Welfare scheme. It also provides for district markets, to be controlled and maintained by local authorities.