§ Sir G. Sinclairasked the Minister of Overseas Development whether, in view of the importance that developing countries are now attaching to increasing their agricultural productivity, she proposes to strengthen British technical assistance in this field by the greater use of independent agricultural consultants and advisers.
§ Mrs. CastleA high proportion of the agricultural advisers made available in response to requests from overseas Governments are independent in the sense that they are not in the regular employment of the British Government. I also keep in touch with private firms in Britain equipped to provide agricultural advisory services and the possibility of employing them in appropriate cases is always borne in mind.