HC Deb 01 October 1941 vol 374 c591W
Mr. Temple Morris

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport, whether when there is a small cargo space unused on any ship from a British Dominion, he takes steps to get from the Ministry of Food a licence for so-called non-essential products to be carried so as to avoid the ship sailing with the space unusued; and, if not, whether such a policy can be followed?

Colonel Llewellin

There is ample cargo of an essential nature available in the Dominions. Non-essential products could thus only be loaded at the expense of essential cargo, and the circumstances visualised by my hon. and learned Friend do not arise.