§ 63. Sir J. Mellorasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food why domestic consumers who cannot obtain pre-packeted sugar are deprived of the equivalent of one week's ration each year, being the difference between gross and net weight; and whether he will see that this quantity is restored t to them?
§ Mr. MabaneThe practice of including the weight of the wrapper or container, within a prescribed limit, when sugar is weighed for sale in a wrapper or container is authorised by Section 4 of the Sales of Food (Weights and Measures) Act, 1926, 882 as amended by S.R. & O. 1774 of 1941. My Noble Friend sees no reason why the provisions of the Act should be annulled under present conditions.
§ Sir J. MellorSeeing that that Act was passed in 1926, what can it have to do with rationing?
§ Mr. MabaneMy hon. Friend apparently did not hear me say that the Act was amended by Statutory Rule and Order 1774 of 1941.