Bees (Brood Disease)

Captain P. Macdonald
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the report of the Bee Research Department, Rothamsted, endorsed by a unanimous resolution of the Bee Advisory Committee, he will introduce early legislation to confer legal powers for the control of brood disease in bees?

Sir R. Dorman-Smith
I am prepared to consider sympathetically the introduction of such legislation this Session if time permits and if general agreement is reached in the industry.