§ 61. Mr. J. Morrisonasked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to ensure that sufficient screw-top bottles are available for housewives in this country for bottling fruit, in view of the urgent need for conserving all available foodstuffs and of the heavy fruit crops.
§ Mr. BelcherThe manufacturers have recently increased their capacity for making preserving-bottles and are doing their best to make up the ground lost during the fuel crisis. As the hon. Member may be aware, jam jars with special closures are a useful substitute for screw-top bottles.