§ Mr. H. LAWasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that retailers in many parts of Ireland cannot obtain supplies of sugar from whom they obtained such supplies in previous years, and that in some cases orders placed over two months ago have not been satisfied; and whether he proposes to take any steps in the matter?
§ Mr. McKENNACertain cases of the kind referred to in the first part of the question have been or are being dealt with by the Sugar Commission. The retailers in question should ask those who supplied them last year to adjust the matter by allotting to them the proportion due on the basis of their purchases of sugar last year, and failing compliance should lay the facts before the Sugar Commission, stating clearly how much they obtained in the whole of 1915 from each separate source, and how much they have obtained from 625W each separate source since 1st July last. Such complaints will then as hitherto be promptly dealt with.