Major-General Sir IVOR PHILIPPSasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he is aware that quantities of strawberries and other fruit are rotting in gardens in the country owing to the impossibility of procuring sugar for preserving them; and if he will say what steps he is taking or has taken to meet this difficulty and to prevent this waste of valuable food?
§ Mr. ACLANDThe information of the Board does not support the statement made in the first part of the question. The Royal Commission on Sugar Supplies have made arrangements which enable commercial jam makers to obtain 75 per cent. of their last year's supplies now and the remainder later on. Private fruit growers will, it is hoped, also be able to obtain sufficient supplies of preserving material.