HC Deb 16 May 1961 vol 640 c117W
7. Sir L. Plummer

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what action is taken by his Department regarding research into farm buildings.

Mr. Denzil Freeth

The Agricultural Research Council is conducting a survey of farm buildings in this country and is issuing a bibliography of farm buildings research publications. In addition, the Council, in co-operation with the farmers concerned, is organising experiments with buildings on farms and contributing towards their capital cost; and much research supported by the Council in agricultural research institutes and elsewhere has important bearings on farm building design. Further, a great deal of the experience and research of the Building Research Station of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research is applicable to farm buildings.