HC Deb 01 November 1944 vol 404 c805W
Sir L. Lyle

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if, in view of the additional facilities provided for the shipment of oranges from South Africa, he will see that early steps are taken to resume shipment of bananas from Jamaica.

Colonel Stanley

The shipment of bananas from Jamaica requires special ships which cannot yet be made available for this purpose. In any event there is no immediate prospect of large consignments of bananas being available from Jamaica, owing to the destruction caused by the hurricane of last August.