Mr. HAZLETONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take immediate steps to provide an adequate staff for the working of the Sugar Commission; if he is aware that at present the secretary is the sole person to deal with the correspondence, amounting to several hundred letters a day; and that, as a consequence of this state of things, arrears of work are accumulating and disorganisation and inconvenience prevail?
Captain BATHURSTThe staff of the Sugar Commission are working under conditions of considerable pressure and difficulty. The question of how this work can best be allocated between the Commission and the Ministry of Food is under consideration, and it is hoped that by a suitable division of work the staff of the Sugar Commission will be relieved as soon as the new Ministry is in working order.