§ 56. Sir P. Hannonasked the Minister of Food if he is aware that parcels of meat are being forwarded by butchers in 451W Dublin to residents in this country; and as this practice is a contravention of his Department's orders, what measures he proposes to adopt to prevent disturbance of the rationing arrangements in process in this country.
§ Sir B. SmithI am aware that parcels of meat are being forwarded from Dublin to residents in this country. Inquiries which I have made reveal no evidence that parcels of meat other than gift parcels are being sent to any appreciable extent. When parcels are sent by butchers in Eire, at the request of residents in the United Kingdom it is the recipient and not the sender who commits the offence. I prefer to rely on the good sense of the citizens of this country to comply with the law rather than to introduce special measures which would be out of all proportion to the size of the problem and would in the process probably stop the sending of legitimate gifts.