§ 54. Captain Pluggeasked the Minister of Food whether he will consider releas- 1352 ing more stocks of prunes to the shops, in view of the fact that since the final reduction in the price of rhubarb it is no longer for sale at the shops and the public is therefore without fruit of any kind.
§ Colonel LlewellinI cannot accept the statements contained in the last part of my hon. and gallant Friend's Question, but a substantial quantity of prunes will be distributed in the near future.
§ Captain PluggeIs the Minister aware that the Weald of Kent and the Vale of Evesham expect a very good crop and ought not supplies to be placed fully at the disposal of the purchasing public?
§ Colonel LlewellinI have already decided that, in regard to the Kent strawberry crop, the Ministry will not pre-empt any of it for jam.