HC Deb 08 October 1941 vol 374 cc991-2
61. Mr. Thorne

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will make a statement about the black market in connection with the hundreds of cases of tinned goods that have passed through the black market which have reached the public at inflated prices?

Major Lloyd George

My Department is endeavouring—and I suggest with considerable success—to curtail activities of the kind to which my hon. Friend refers by bringing into court cases of black market transactions in canned foods.