§ Sir J. JARDINEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he has received a representation from the Scottish Beekeeping Association to the effect that Scotland will require at least twenty tons of sugar to keep the stocks of bees alive through the early spring, and that the association has machinery for the proper distribution, and that for a few pounds of sugar supplied to each stock now the bees of Scotland will return fully half a hundredweight of sugar in the form of honey; and what sort of action the Ministry of Food means to take?
§ Mr. CLYNESA communication on this subject has been received by the Royal Commission on the Sugar Supply through the Scottish Office. The Commission does not see its way to providing preferential treatment to Scottish beekeepers in this matter over those in other parts of the United Kingdom, but arrangements are being made under which a due proportion of the available bee candy shall be placed at the disposal of Scottish bee-keepers through selected firms. The Commission is not prepared to sanction the issue of unmedicated sugar for this purpose.