§ Captain Kerbyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to what extent he was consulted by the Potato Marketing Board before the Board made their Prescriptive Resolution, No. 1, 1957, which empowers the Board to levy registered potato growers £1 per acre for every acre of potatoes grown in 1957; what total revenue this levy is estimated to produce; and what expenditure is estimated as necessary to operate the Board during 1957.
§ Mr. GodberThe Potato Marketing Board is not required by the Potato Marketing Scheme to consult my right hon. Friend about levies on registered potato growers, and he has not been consulted. The total revenue from the levy depends on the acreage, which is not yet known.
It is for the Board to estimate the expenditure necessary for carrying out whatever activities it thinks desirable, within the provisions of the Scheme.