HC Deb 14 July 1947 vol 440 cc21-2
42. Mr. Royle

asked the Minister of Food if he will make arrangements that all imported quarters of beef shall arrive in this country bone-in; and that the system of telescoping imported sheep and lamb shall cease.

Mr. Strachey

We shall do both these things as soon as we have sufficient refrigerated tonnage.

Mr. Royle

Is my right hon. Friend aware that this position is frightfully uneconomical and wasteful? Will he try as quickly as possible to put it right?

Mr. George Wallace

Is my right hon. Friend aware that lack of this food is a severe handicap to mothers?

Mr. Strachey

We are well aware of the desirability of this form of importation, but we cannot consider it until we have considerably better supplies of the appropriate tonnage.