asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of acres of grass ploughed up in the North Riding of Yorkshire; and whether there has been any difficulty in obtaining adequate tractors and ploughs for the purpose?

For the reasons I gave in reply to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Evesham (Mr. De la Bère) yesterday, I do not think that it would be in the interests of the food production campaign to publish, at this stage, the information asked for in the first part of the Question, but I can assure my hon. Friend that very satisfactory progress indeed has been made in the North Riding. With regard to the second part of the Question, although the demand for tractors and ploughs has been very heavy and some delay in ob- taining supplies may have occurred, the supply of both tractors and ploughs should now be adequate for the needs of the North Riding.