Mr. Rostron Duckworthasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is satisfied that the fruit crop this year will be sufficient to maintain the jam ration at its present level; and whether, in the case of such shortage as has occurred in the plum crop, vegetables, such as marrows, are being used to make up the supply?
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe maintenance of the jam ration at its present level depends upon supplies of fruit not only from the home crops but also from many overseas sources. The usefulness of marrows as a substitute for fruit is necessarily limited by the fact that a satisfactory jam can only be made from them if other ingredients are used, for which the industry is partly dependent upon imports.