§ Mr. Alportasked the Minister of Food whether he will make a statement with regard to the Government's policy for the import of fruit pulp during the period of the next 12 months.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeAs was announced by the Board of Trade on 3rd July last, a quota of £1,250,000 has been fixed for imports of fruit pulp (including bulk frozen fruit) in the year ending 30th June, 1953, from Western Europe and certain other non-sterling countries. Imports of most types of fruit pulp from the sterling area can be made freely under open general licence. It is possible that some very small additional quantities may be imported from other countries under trade agreements. I can make no forecast at present about the level of imports in the second half of 1953.