HC Deb 13 December 1932 vol 273 cc185-6
30. Mr. GLOSSOP

asked the hon. Member for Ipswich as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, if he is aware that the tabasco pepper sauce served in the dining rooms is of United States of America origin; and whether he will take steps to obtain future supplies of such hot sauce from within the British Empire?

Sir JOHN GANZONI

Only eight 1s. 9d. bottles of tabasco sauce, each holding about 2 oz., have been ordered for the dining rooms of the House of Commons during the past year, while nearly 20 kinds of other sauces and pickles, all Home, or Empire products, are supplied to Members. No more tabasco sauce will be purchased after the present supply is exhausted.

Mr. GLOSSOP

Does the hon. Baronet consider that this is the only type of sauce that we are now getting from across the Atlantic, and could it not be obtained from Yorkshire?

Mr. HANNON

Will the hon. Baronet take care that the next two bottles of tabasco sauce are British products?

Captain WATERHOUSE

Is it not a fact that the consumption of tabasco sauce is a direct incentive to the consumption of British oysters?