HC Deb 24 January 1951 vol 483 cc22-3W
65. Mr. Baker White

asked the Minister of Food if he is now in a position to announce the 1951 allocation of tinplate to the food canning industry as a whole and to canners of fruit and vegetables respectively.

Mr. Webb

I do not yet know how much tinplate will be available to my Department this year, and therefore cannot yet say what supplies food canners, including fruit and vegetable canners, may expect over the whole year; but for the first quarter they will get about 20 per cent. less than in the same period last year.