HC Deb 24 July 1979 vol 971 c170W
Mr. Mason

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his estimate of the effects of a cessation of the doorstep delivery of milk on liquid milk consumption and jobs in the dairy trade.

Mr. Peter Walker

In Holland the cessation of doorstep deliveries resulted in a fall of 40 per cent. in the consumption of liquid milk. I believe, therefore, that it is vital to retain our doorstep deliveries in the interests of the 100,000 people employed in the processing and distribution industries and of the milk producers and consumers.