139. Mr. Baker Whiteasked the Minister of Food if he is aware that supplies of timber and heavy packing paper are being granted to Channel Islands tomato growers, enabling them to market their produce in non-returnable wooden containers; and why similar facilities are refused to English and Scottish growers.
§ Dr. SummerskillArrangements for importation of timber and of packing paper to the Channel Islands are made under the authority of the Home Office in conjunction with the Board of Trade. The long sea and rail journey makes it impracticable to use returnable containers for this trade. My right hon. Friend regrets that138W the continued shortage of timber and paper makes it impossible, for the present, to allocate similar containers and paper for the packing of tomatoes to the English and Scottish growers.