§ 63. Mr. Toucheasked the Minister of Food what estimate he made for the amount of home made jam before the war in his calculation that the nation now has six parts of jam for every five before the war.
§ Mr. StracheyIn my reply of 23rd October to a Question by the hon. Member for Lowestoft (Mr. Edward Evans) I said that we were eating five pots of jam or marmalade for every four pots that we ate before the war (not six pots as against five). This calculation was based on a comparison of total commercial production since it is impossible to arrive at any 249W estimate of home made jam production now or before the war. In any case home made jam is hardly a significant proportion of the whole.
§ 67. Lieut.-Colonel Liptonasked the Minister of Food why, under what authority and in respect of what kinds of jam, he permits certain manufacturers to sell jam at prices exceeding the maximum prices laid down in the Preserves Order, 1944.
§ Mr. StracheyTwo manufacturers were licensed under Article 6 of the Jam (Maximum Prices) Order, 1940, to sell jam at prices in excess of the maxima. The licences are still valid and the prices are reviewed from time to time. Both firms specialised, before the war, in the manufacture of very high quality jam.