§ 41. Captain WRIGHTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether his attention has been called to the position of the Bridge Sollars and District Dairy Society, near Hereford, in connection with the British Cheese Requisition Order No. 5, under which all surplus cheese has to be forwarded to a distant market, while there is a large unsatisfied local demand for the cheese; and whether he will appoint a local tradesman as the approved factor for this society?
§ Mr. PARKERThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. Equitable distribution of home-produced cheese must involve the transfer of a certain proportion of the output from producing areas to consuming centres, even if this leaves part of the demand in the producing areas unsatisfied. The Food Controller cannot undertake that all the cheese produced in the Hereford district shall be retained for consumption locally, and he is not, therefore, prepared to appoint a local tradesman to act as approved factor for the society in question.
§ Captain WRIGHTCan the right hon. Gentleman say why it is necessary that all the output of the factories should be transferred to London?
§ Mr. PARKERIf it is my hon. Friend's suggestion that that is being done, I will draw the attention of the Food Controller to it.