§ Mr. J. Morganasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food (1) what are the grounds for fixing 20th April as the date by which applications for sugar for jam-making for home-grown small fruit are asked for, seeing that growers can form no real estimate by that date of the quantity of suitable fruits likely to be available this coming season;
(2) whether he has formed any estimate of the surplus of small fruits such as gooseberry, black, red and white currants, raspberry and strawberry likely to be available from private gardens and small holdings this coming season, or if he is reckoning on being supplied with such information on or before 20th April?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydFruit growers have been asked to furnish an estimate of the surplus of small fruits likely to be available from private gardens and small holdings in the coming season. The information is978W required not later than 20th April so that steps may be taken, by fixing the sugar allowance, issuing permits and distributing supplies to retailers, to make sugar available to growers early in June.