§ Mr. Woodasked the Minister of Food whether he is aware of the delays in distributing tuberculin-tested milk owing to readjustment of deliveries in various towns; and what action he is taking in cases where such complaints are proved to be well founded.
§ Colonel LlewellinI am not aware of any unreasonable delays in the deliveries of tuberculin-tested milk in towns where the retail deliveries of milk have been rationalised. If my hon. Friend knows of any such cases and will send me particulars, I will have enquiries made.
Mr. De la Bèreasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he is aware that the Regional Transport Commissioner has issued a disallowance notice to Messrs. G. Clifton and Charles R. Drury, butchers, trading in Moreton-in-Marsh, prohibiting them from making retail deliveries in the villages of Little Compton, Barton-on-Heath and Great Wolford and whether he will make inquiries regarding the circumstances under which these disallowance notices were issued.
§ Mr. Noel-BakerYes, Sir. I am fully aware of the circumstances in which these disallowance notices were issued, and I am satisfied that the action taken was necessary to maintain the meat delivery rationalisation schemes in the area and to secure an equitable arrangement between the butchers concerned.