§ Dr. Littleasked the Minister of Food whether, as the present regulation is bearing hardly on retailers in Northern Ireland, he will have the law amended so that sugar confectionery and chocolate are no longer classified as separate commodities, but that in future, for the purpose of sale they shall be regarded as one commodity?
§ Colonel LlewellinMy hon. Friend is under a misapprehension. He has sent me particulars of a case in which a retailer was convicted for making a conditional sale. It is the policy of my Department to prohibit conditional sales in respect of all foodstuffs, and I could not take any action which would make such conditional sales legal.