§ 21. Mr. Cooperasked the Minister of Food what is the basis on which his Department sanctions the import of port wine and other wines into this country; and if he will reduce these imports to the lowest reasonable amount in order to curtail excessive expenditure of foreign currency on non-essential commodities.
§ Mr. StracheyI can assure my hon. Friend that purchases of wine will only be sanctioned in so far as they do not prejudice supplies of more essential commodities.