Mr. Vane:

asked the Minister of Agriculture what technical reports on the development of machinery for land drainage he intends to issue, as a result of his Department's experience in different parts of the country both during and since the war.

Copies are already available of a paper on "The Development of Machinery for Field Drainage Works" which was read to the Institution of British Agricultural Engineers in March, 1946, by one of my engineers. I am sending a copy to the hon. Member.

Mr. Vane:

Has nothing been published since March, 1946, in view of the amount of work which has been done?

I am not aware of any technical report other than that indicated in my reply.