82. Mr. T. WILSONasked the Food Controller if he is aware that lemon cheese and other articles of food of a similar manufacture are extensively used as substitutes for jam; and whether he will place the manufacturers of these articles in as favourable a position as regards the supply of sugar as the manufacturers of jam are in?
§ Mr. CLYNESSugar is issued as freely as possible for the manufacture of jam in order that the food supplies of the country may be increased by the preservation of fruit which would otherwise to a very large extent be wasted. This consideration does not apply in the case of lemon cheese and other similar jam substitutes, and, in view of the necessity for conserving the sugar stocks, the answer to the second part of the question is in the negative.
Mr. WILSONIn view of the shortage of food, can the right hon. Gentleman see his way to increase the amount of sugar granted to the manufacturers of jam and the substitutes?
§ Mr. CLYNESI am sorry to say that supplies are not adequate to increasing the quantity of sugar available for these purposes.