HC Deb 25 November 1946 vol 430 cc196-7W
73. Mr. E. Fletcher

asked the Minister of Food whether the consignments of apples and grapefruit expected from the U.S.A. for Christmas will be so distributed as to ensure everybody getting a fair share.

Mr. Strachey

No grapefruit is being imported from the U.S.A. but I hope that supplies from Palestine due to arrive before Christmas will permit of one allocation throughout the country. There will be enough apples from Canada and the U.S.A. for one nation-wide allocation before Christmas.