HC Deb 18 April 1940 vol 359 cc1134-5W
Mr. Rostron Duckworth

asked the President of the Board of Trade, in view of the existing control of imported foodstuffs by licence, what types of cargoes of such commodities have been prohibited as non-essentials?

Major Lloyd George

There is no foodstuff the importation of which from all sources is completely prohibited as a matter of principle; but, in view of the necessity of regulating total imports of foodstuffs in the national interest, it is inevitable that imports of many commodities should be restricted in greater or less degree. Various considerations of which foreign exchange and shipping are the most important are taken into account.