§ 1 and 2. Captain Duncanasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) whether, in connection with the present talks with the National Farmers' Union on longer-term assurances to farming, he will give at least a three-year assurance to producers of beef with an agreed standard price and an up or down variation only to alter if costs alter;
(2) whether, in his negotiations for longer-term assurances for milk, he will agree to give at least three years' notice of any change in the standard quantities of milk to be produced, in view of the long-term nature of the milk-producing industry.
Mr. AmoryThe Government will carefully consider all practicable suggestions in their search for satisfactory solutions to the complicated problems involved, but I am afraid I cannot anticipate the results of the discussions now in progress.