Captain COOTEasked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that no licences to deal in potatoes are issued except to the members of the National Fruit and Potato Federation; what is the reason 1039W for this discrimination; and whether it still holds good?
§ Mr. McCURDYThe answer to the first rut of the question is in the negative. It is open to any applicant for a wholesale licence, who has not been recommended by the Federation, to apply direct to the Ministry of Food, which considers each case on its merits. The second and third parts of the question, therefore, do not arise.