§ 31 Sir ALFRED YEOasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, (1) in view of the statements that householders may not have in store more than a fortnight's supplies, what is the position of the householder who is paid monthly and gets in his supplies monthly; (2) what is the position of the housewife who saves the household ration of sugar for the purpose of jam preserving, though not a grower of fruit, when the preserving season commences and in consequence thereof may have sundry pounds of sugar in hand; (3) what is the position of the housewife, in the event of a visit from an officer of the Food Controller, who is found to have possession of a plentiful supply of jams of her own preserving, bearing in mind the fact that no more than a fortnight's supply of rood, controlled or uncontrolled, be kept in hand?
Mr. PARKERNo statement has been authorised as to whether a person may or may not have in store more than a fortnight's supply. Whether the quantity of 648 food in a householder's possession at any one time exceeds the quantity required for ordinary use and consumption is a question of fact to be determined in each case. The Food Hoarding Order does not apply to any home-produced or homemade article of food in the possession of the producer or maker, or to the materials necessary in the ordinary course for such production.