HC Deb 07 March 1949 vol 462 c798
28. Mr. Thomas Reid

asked the Minister of Food what prospects there are of securing more tea from the Dutch East Indies, with a view to the abolition of tea rationing.

Dr. Summerskill

We hope to obtain increased supplies of tea from the Netherlands East Indies this year, but not, I fear, on a scale which will enable us to abolish tea rationing.