HC Deb 21 May 1941 vol 371 c1529
26. Mr. R. C. Morrison

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that potato dealers in Spitalfields market are delivering sacks of potatoes to greengrocers described as best King Edwards, containing very large potatoes weighing nearly 2 pounds each, which the public will not buy; and whether potatoes of this size equal in food value potatoes of normal size?

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food (Major Lloyd George)

I am informed that no complaints of this nature have reached the Ministry of Food. In regard to the latter part of my hon. Friend's Question, I am advised that the food value of an abnormally large potato is not diminished because of its size.