§ Captain Thornton-Kemsleyasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he is satisfied that the authorised allowance of three pounds of sugar and one pound of oranges for each registered customer in a household is an adequate amount for making a year's supply of marmalade for a household which may at times include other than registered customers, namely, schoolchildren on holiday or soldiers on leave; and whether he will make regulations on a more adequate scale for householders who propose to increase the home production of food by converting surplus home-grown fruit into jam?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI do not consider that it is practicable, in view of the present sugar supply position, to provide supplies of sugar for the purpose of making domestic marmalade on a scale in excess of that already laid down. As my right hon. Friend informed the hon. Member for Brecon and Radnor (Mr. Jackson) on 24th January, I am not yet in a position to state what sugar will be available for the preservation of the home fruit crop during the coming season.