§ 53. Sir A. Knoxasked the Minister of Food whether he will allocate more grain to the manufacture of whisky owing to the curative effect of this spirit in cases of influenza and taking into consideration the importance of the export trade in the post-war years?
§ Colonel LlewellinNo, Sir. I am afraid this is not yet possible.
§ Sir A. KnoxDoes not my right hon. and gallant Friend realise that if the Government pursue their present policy there will be no whisky for eight or ten years after the war either for the cure of influenza or to export?
Miss RathboneIs it not more important to allocate more grain for the feeding of famine stricken countries, especially India, than to use it for making whisky?
Dr. Russell ThomasDoes not my right hon. and gallant Friend realise that however pleasant the effects of whisky may be, it has no curative effect in influenza except in the perverted imagination of those who drink it?