§ Colonel Clarkeasked the Minister of Food whether in view of the difficulties of operating the present arrangements under which extra allocations of sugar and fats can be made available in certain cases to those organising Christmas parties for children, he will make arrangements to grant an extra allocation of such commodities to all caterers during the Christmas period on the understanding that it will be used for the specific purpose of catering for children's parties.
§ Sir B. SmithI am not aware of the difficulties to which the hon. Member refers, and I regret that I cannot adopt his suggestion. If, however, he has any particular case in mind and will let me know, I will have inquiries made.