§ Mr. RATCLIFFEasked the Food Controller how the prohibition of imported edible offal, except under licence, can conserve the supply of meat available at the present time in this country and which his Department are continually proclaiming to be only plentiful for a very short time?
Mr. ROBERTSThe restriction referred to has been put into force in order to reserve as much cold storage space as possible for the frozen meat which has arrived or is about to arrive in this country. The available supplies of edible offals are, it is estimated, sufficient to meet all probable requirements, and under the licensing system any modification necessary to encourage increased importation can be made at short notice.