Mr. C. WASONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food if he has received representations from the local food authority for Shetland; and, if he has received them, why no reply has been sent nor even a reply to a telegram sent last week?
§ Mr. CLYNESI am informed by the local authority in question that the food control committee has resigned on the ground of certain difficulties experienced in the Shetlands in respect mainly of freight charges and shipping facilities. The local authority has been informed in reply that the Ministry of Food are considering closely the difficulties which have led to the committee's resignation, and has been urged to reconstitute the committee, if possible, so that the difficulties experienced in the Islands may not be complicated further by the absence of a competent local authority for food control.