Lieut. Colonel V. HENDERSONasked the right hon. Member for Cheltenham, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, whether he is aware that, on several occasions recently, no British lager beer was obtainable at the Lobby bar, although Heineken's Dutch lager beer appears to be always available; and whether he will take steps to see that British lager beer is always obtainable at all times when the House is in Session in all the bars and refreshment rooms of the House?
§ Sir J. AGG-GARDNERIn reply to the hon. and gallant Member's question, Barclay's lager beer, a British product, is nearly always obtainable in the bars and refreshment rooms of the House. On the occasion referred to by the hon. and gallant Member, there was a tem-1666W porary delay in the supply of this beer, owing to the demand having exhausted the stock on hand. But the hon. and gallant Member may rest assured that British lager beer will be always available in our bars and refreshment rooms for those who desire it.