§ Sir J. JARDINEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether the Minister has received a. letter from the West of Scotland Whole sale Confectioners' Association pointing out that any plan for assigning sugar to the members of their trade ought to include those numerous shopkeepers whose sales also include newspapers, tobacco, cocoa, and sundry other articles; and whether the Ministry of Food intend to act on this suggestion?
§ Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is now in a position to make an announcement as. to the intention of the Government with regard to preventing the disappearance of businesses solely concerned with the selling of sweets?
§ Mr. CLYNESI hope to be able to announce the decision of the Food Controller on this matter in the course of a very few days. I may, however, state that the proposals under consideration do not exclude shopkeepers whoso sales comprise other articles besides confectionery, provided that the sale of sweets forms a sufficiently large part of their business.