§ 5. Mr. Dribergasked the Minister of Food to which rice-consuming countries the expected exportable surplus of 1,000,000 tons of Burmese rice is to be allocated and in what quantities; and if he will give an assurance that none of this rice will go to countries in which there is no system of rationing rice.
§ Mr. StracheyThe International Emergency Food Council is responsible for allocating this rice and the Council is considering allocations for the first half of 1947, but has not yet announced its recommendations. I have no doubt that the Council is taking all these factors into consideration.
§ Mr. DribergApart from having no doubt, will my right hon. Friend make representations to that effect?
§ Mr. StracheyWe are of course represented on the rice committee—on the I.E.F.C.—but this particular point con- 6 cerns only China, which is the only country which does not have a rice ration, and I do not think there is any question of any Burmese rice going to China.
§ Mr. DribergDoes Cuba ration rice?