§ Sir A. Baillieasked the Minister of Food whether retail shopkeepers are entitled to refuse to sell vegetables and other produce to those who cultivate their own allotments.
§ Colonel LlewellinI have no power to compel a trader to make a sale to a particular customer; but certain rules are laid down by my Department for the guidance of retailers receiving allocations of tomatoes and imported fruit. If my hon. Friend will send me particulars of any case where there is evidence that a retailer is denying supplies of these commodities to a class of customers such as allotment holders, I shall be glad to inquire into them.