§ Mr. E. Walkdenasked the Minister of Food whether any buying restrictions under the new turkey and poultry distribution scheme have been placed on caterers or buyers for hotels and restaurants; and whether any guidance or instructions have been given to quartermasters or buyers for the Armed Forces stationed in this country?
§ Colonel LlewellinPoultry retailers who receive supplies of Northern Ireland turkeys and poultry are required to sell them to domestic consumers-and caterers in the same relative proportion as in the datum year of 1938 or 1939. Some caterers, however; have not bought from1834W the retail trade, but direct from Northern Ireland. As they might otherwise find difficulty in obtaining a share in the Northern Ireland poultry, arrangements are under discussion with the catering trade for making limited supplies available to them in the New Year. The last part of the Question should be addressed to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for War.