§ Mr. Dodds-Parkerasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now give information on the progress made by the experimental yeast factory in the West Indies; and at what date he expects to establish a similar industry in Uganda and Mauritius.
Mr. Creech JonesThe Jamaica factory of Colonial Food Yeast Limited is now in partial production, the various technical troubles incidental to the establishment on a factory scale of a novel process not having been entirely overcome. I propose to consider further developments elsewhere as soon as possible, but I do not consider that it would be prudent to do so until the technicalities of production have been fully worked out in Jamaica, and until moreover the probable level of effective demand has been clearly established by the use of bulk as distinct from experimental supplies of this foodstuff.