§ 11. Miss Burtonasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction felt by the London Fruit and Vegetables Trades Federation Limited over the basis of the allocation of banana import licences; and if, in view of this dissatisfaction and the representations made to his Department by the Federation, he will give further consideration to the matter.
§ Mr. MackesonAs I promised the hon. Lady on 5th May, sympathetic consideration has been given to cases of substantial hardship which may have arisen from the method of allocating import licences for bananas. The London Fruit and Vegetable Trades Federation have been informed of the action taken in the cases which they put forward, and they have now expressed themselves satisfied.
§ Miss BurtonIs the hon. Gentleman aware that there will be considerable satisfaction over this? Is he aware that the Federation thought the basis of allocation did prohibit genuine imports into this country?
§ Mr. MackesonI am grateful to the hon. Lady.