HC Deb 23 October 1946 vol 427 cc366-7W
70. Mr. Watkins

asked the Minister of Food how many new licences for the sale of fruit and vegetables have been granted in Wales, England and Scotland from the end of the war until the present date; and how many of these have been for ex-Servicemen.

Mr. Strachey

The following are the figures. I regret that it is not possible to give separate figures for ex-Servicemen except in the case of licences granted to ex-traders and disabled people.

ing the regulations governing the allocation of fat to fish friers to bring them into line with the regulations covering the allocation of fat to caterers so that fat may be allocated to fish friers on the basis of numbers of fried fish sold rather than on the present basis of 1939 figures.

Mr. Strachey

No, Sir. The supply of fats does not permit of such a change.