§ 64. Sir Ian Fraserasked the Minister of Food whether he is now prepared to abolish tea and jam rationing.
§ Dr. SummerskillOur stocks and anticipated future supplies of tea are not sufficient even to warrant an increase in the tea ration at present and abolition of rationing altogether is unlikely to be possible for some time. We have recently freed a large number of varieties of jam and we must see how the new arrangement works before deciding whether we can go further.
§ Sir I. FraserIn view of the fact that all these commodities come from non-dollar sources, might not we have expected that after three years we would have got rid of rationing?
§ Dr. SummerskillI must remind the hon. Member that sugar comes from dollar sources.