HC Deb 31 July 1947 vol 441 c90W
Sir E. Graham-Little

asked the Minister of Food why Mr. C. C. Peach, the holder of a retail licence for the sale of vegetables, cannot purchase, on wholesale terms, from the Sherington Nurseries, Newport Pagnell, Bucks, previously owned by him, from which the was evicted by the Buckinghamshire A.E.C., tomatoes which the committee have been selling retail in competition with him.

Mr. Strachey

As a retailer, Mr. Peach draws his supplies of tomatoes from a wholesaler nominated by the Tomato Distribution Association for the area in which the trades. This wholesaler draws his supplies from the tomato distribution pool for that area and it would be quite impracticable for the association to ensure that supplies allocated to Mr Peach come from a particular nursery