§ 87. Sir W. Smilesasked the Minister of Food if he will consider the restriction of the imports of apples and pears from foreign countries, as there is a large crop of these fruits here which are unsaleable owing to imports from outside the United Kingdom.
§ Dr. SummerskillImports of apples so far this season have been negligible and can have had no influence whatever on the marketing of the home crop. As regards pears, our own production is by no means sufficient to meet the demand and to restrict imports would be unfair to the public.