HC Deb 21 November 1951 vol 494 c386
73. Mrs. Eirene White

asked the Minister of Food what extra sugar will be available for making home-made marmalade.

Major Lloyd George

I am maintaining the weekly domestic sugar ration at 10 oz., the level to which it was raised from the beginning of this year For the reasons given in my reply to the hon. Member for Coatbridge and Airdrie (Mrs. Mann) on 14th November, I regret that I cannot make an extra distribution for marmalade making.

Mrs. White

As there may well be a few housewives in the country lulled into a sense of false security by the presence of Lord Woolton in the Government, will the right hon. Gentleman give the widest possible publicity to this statement, so that we shall not reach the marmalade making season and expect to have more sugar?

Mr. Robert Crouch

Will the Minister make it known that he found the cupboard empty before he arrived at the Ministry of Food?