§ 11. Mr. Denzil Freethasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a decision on the application for an increased tariff on imported tomatoes before the home-produced tomatoes come on the market in the spring.
§ Mr. ErrollThis application is under urgent consideration, but I am not in a position to say when a decision will be reached.
§ Mr. FreethIs my hon. Friend really convinced of the urgency of this case, and has he managed to inspire those who advise him so that he may come to a decision with an equal, or even greater, sense of urgency, since unless a decision on this tariff is reached within the next two months it will be of absolutely no use at all for the tomato crop of 1960?
§ Mr. ErrollI am very glad to give an assurance to my hon. Friend that we are fully seized of this matter at both Ministerial and official levels.
§ Lieut. - Colonel Bromley - DavenportWill my hon. Friend do all he can to prevent a glut of imported tomatoes flooding our markets just when our own growers are trying to sell their produce?
§ Mr. ErrollI am sure that that is one of the points which will have been put forward by the interests concerned.