§ 64. Mr. Rhys Daviesasked the Minister of. Food if he is aware that Mr R. Walker, 170 New Street, Blackrod, Chorley, Lancashire, an ex-Serviceman, recently bought as a going concern a fish and chip business and that his Department has refused him a licence to continue that business; and if he will reconsider the matter.
§ Mr. StracheyThis business was closed in 1941 and was not bought as a going concern. The licence was refused because, in the present acute shortage of fats, we can only give allocations to ex-traders and to a few suitable disabled people, or where refusal would cause a high degree of hardship to the public.