§ Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Food what representations he has received from the sweets industry about the difficulties now being experienced by manufacturers, wholesalers and shopkeepers, arising from sweets de-rationing; and what action he has taken to overcome these problems.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeNone. Sugar
§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Minister of Food if he is aware of the growing discontent arising from the continuing shortage of sugar for domestic purposes; and what extra amount of sugar will be available for domestic consumption in the next 10 months.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeNo one is more anxious than I to make more sugar avail
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4-weekly period ended Quantity Over issued Quantity under issued Approximate Retail Value Approximate number of adult domestic rations per week represented by Over issue Under issue Over issue Under issue Tons Tons £'000 £'000 '000 '000 3rd November, 1951 … 139 — 26 — 75 — 1st December, 1951 … 45 — 9 — 30 — 29th December, 1951 … 321 — 62 — 220 — 26th January, 1952 … — 534 — 103 — 365 23rd February, 1952 … 149 — 29 — 125 — 22nd March, 1952 … 524 — 106 — 455 — 19th April, 1952 … — 187 — 38 — 160 17th May, 1952 … 549 — 111 — 475 — 14th June, 1952 … — 376 — 62 — 315 12th July, 1952 … — 66 — 15 — 50 9th August, 1952 … 110 — 25 — 70 — 6th September, 1952 … — 859 — 196 — 460 4th October, 1952 … — 943 — 214 — 525 1st November, 1952 … — 846 — 193 — 480 29th November, 1952 … — 1,009 — 232 — 580 28th December, 1952 … 1,354 — 319 — 955 — *24th January, 1953 … — 915 — 209 — 625 * Provisional.
Dr. HillThe following is the information in respect of a typical beast:
able but it is too early to say exactly how much I shall be able to provide this year.