Brigadier-General Brownasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food in how many cases have distributors accepted producers premium contracts; and in how many cases have they refused to sign them?
§ Mr. MabaneUp to the 14th November 3,300 purchasers have entered into 4,366 premium contracts for the year commencing 1st October 1942. During the previous year, 8,800 purchasers negotiated 15,525 premium contracts. There is no information to show to what extent the difference may be accounted for by distributors refusing to enter into new contracts.