HC Deb 27 November 1946 vol 430 c300W
57. Mr. Hurd

asked the Minister of Food if he expects this winter to be able to make an issue of bananas to adults as well as children.

Dr. Edith Summerskill

There will not be enough bananas during the next six months to supply everybody and having considered the alternatives, I have come to the conclusion that during the winter we shall have to continue the present system of reserving them for the young people. By the early summer, however, there will be better supplies and I hope that it may then be possible for adults to share them.