§ Mr. Rileyasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware of the great difficulty experienced by housewives in the West Riding of Yorkshire in obtaining supplies of cakes and other confectionery; that queues are formed every day in the industrial districts at bakers and confectioners shops; and why it is that in the principal streets of London ample supplies of all kinds of confectionery are available every day in the strops compared with the meagre supplies in the West Riding?
§ Mr. MabaneThe quantity of flour confectionery available for sale in the West Riding of Yorkshire is not, I am advised, less than in other parts of the country. The existence of queues is not necessarily proof that supplies are short, in comparison with the size of the local population.