HC Deb 24 July 1952 vol 504 cc43-4W
16. Mr. Gooch

asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will now consider permitting the farm-to-farm sale of barley, in view of the heavy stocks on many farms in Norfolk and other counties.

Sir T. Dugdale

As I told my hon. Friends the Members for Aberdeenshire, West (Mr. Spence) and Morecambe and Lonsdale (Sir I. Fraser) in reply to Questions on the 17th July, I am most anxious to bring rationing to an end as soon as possible, but to permit farm-to-farm sales of barley, without completely derationing it, would cause a state of confusion. Some transactions would need coupons, others would not.