HC Deb 09 June 1936 vol 313 c40W
Mr. WILSON

asked the President of the Board of Trade the; cases brought to his notice in which, during the last 12 months, food of any description fit for human consumption has been destroyed, and in each case the reason for the destruction; the action taken by the Department, either before the destruction or since; and whether it is intended to take further powers to prevent such destruction?

Mr. RUNCIMAN

No such cases have been brought to my notice beyond those mentioned by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland in the answer he has given to-day to the hon. Member for Linlithgow (Mr. Mathers), to which I cannot usefully add.