§ Sir L. Lyleasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport how many commodities are still 757W subject to zoning; and what prospect there is of early modification of these arrangements.
§ Mr. Noel-BakerI understand that the following are the principal commodities or services subject to some form of zoning:
Retail deliveries:
General retail Coal deliveries Laundry Milk Wholesaler's or manufacturer's distribution:
Beer Preserves Cider Bulk flour Apple Juice Self-raising flour Soft drinks Biscuit flour Tea Soya Flour Coffee Margarine and cooking fats Cocoa Powder Cocoa butter Rice Bread Sugar Milk Syrup and treacle Condensed and Dried fruits dried milk Salt Butter and cheese Yeast Eggs Cereal breakfast Chocolates and foods sweets Pickles and sauces Cigarettes Sausages and open- White fish packed meats Meat and livestock Sausage rusks Bacon and ham Synthetic cream Certain fresh fruit Soap and vegetables Starch Potatoes Utility furniture General groceries Animal feeding and provisions stuffs Biscuits and Waste Paper crispbreads Lubricating Oil Tins for packing Plaster board foodstuffs Stoneware pipes Cakes and flour Hardware Confectionery In addition, restrictions of varying kinds on road or rail movements apply to the following:
Furniture removals Funerals Certain fruit and Newsprint vegetables Bricks Flowers Stone, slag and Home-grown grain lime Race horses Sand and gravel So far as transport is concerned, these schemes contribute greatly to the relief of the war-time transport problem, but transport is often only one of a number of factors to be considered in relation to distribution and consumption. Other considerations relate to shortage of supplies, labour, factory and warehouse space and to the desire to secure equitable distribution.
Every effort will be made to withdraw as many restrictions as possible as soon 758W as practicable after the end of the war, but it is unlikely that there will be any radical change in circumstances in the immediate post-war period.