§ 63. Mr. G. Griffithsasked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that Messrs. Boots, Limited, chemists, 42/44, Warwick Way, London, S.W.1, have been registered by the local food control committee for the sale of bread, milk, jams, etc.; whether he can state the reasons for such registration; and whether there is any restriction on applications for registration by shops not normally dealing in such commodities?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonThe firm in question applied on 30th September last for a licence under file Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Order, to sell, among other products, diabetic bread, diabetic jams and condensed and dried milk. These are items which they had previously been selling and which are commonly sold by chemists, and a licence was issued. Licences to sell the food-stuffs specified in the Order are not usually granted to firms not normally dealing in such commodities. I understand that the firm in question has no intention of going outside the ordinary range of commodities which it normally sells.