HC Deb 03 February 1955 vol 536 cc138-9W
69. Mr. Lewis

asked the Minister of Agriculture the names, qualifications and positions held of the delegation sponsored by his Department who recently visited the agricultural exhibition in Moscow; whether he will publish in HANSARD the official speeches made by these delegates in Moscow and on their return to London concerning this exhibition; and whether he will publish in HANSARD a report by the delegation on this agricultural exhibition.

Mr. Amory

The desired particulars about the composition of the delegation are given below. I should like to express my appreciation of the invitation to send the delegation and of the generous hospitality accorded by the Soviet authorities. Two official speeches of thanks were made in Moscow, of which there is no record. None was made on their return. It is not the practice for a delegation of this kind to make a report for publication.

The following is the list of members of the delegation:

  • Professor Sir James Scott Watson, C.B.E., M.C., LL.D., lately Chief Scientific and Agricultural Adviser, Ministry of Agriculture and Director General of the National Agricultural Advisory Service.
  • Dr. G. D. H. Bell, B.Sc., Ph.D., Director, Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge.
  • Mr. W. H. Cashmore, B.A., N.D.A., Director of the National Institute of Agricultural Engineering.
  • Dr. P. S. Hudson, Ph.D., Director, Commonwealth Bureau of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cambridge.
  • Sir William Ogg, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., Director, Rothamsted Experimental Station.