§ Mr. FIELDasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he can secure the release of some of the 3,000 tons of sugar recently; stored in the Custom House docks, as some of the same is urgently needed to supply Dublin hospitals, infirmaries, and schools, as well as to supply food to the bottle-fed children of the country?
§ Mr. McKENNAMy right hon. Friend has asked me to reply to this question. The sugar to which my hon. Friend refers is, I assume, a half-cargo of sugar which was landed in Dublin some three weeks ago. This is being gradually released in accordance with the scale laid down by the Sugar Commission. To accelerate the process of release would have the result of producing a complete dearth of sugar at some later date.