§ Mr. COOTEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food on what principle, the supply of sugar reserved for the conversion of homegrown fruits into home-made preserves and jams is being distributed; is he aware that many applicants have been denied sugar and that others have not even received acknowledgment of their applications; and will he say what steps he proposes to take to ensure an equitable distribution?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANSugar has been distributed to private growers of fruit who undertook in writing to use the sugar for preserving their fruit, and for no other purpose. Applicants who applied in time and who enclosed a stamped and addressed envelope have, with few exceptions, received a substantial proportion of their sugar, though in dealing with 750,000 applications some errors and mishaps have inevitably occurred. It is not proposed to reopen any particular case.