§ 109. Mr. Osborneasked the Minister of Food why, in view of the shortage of railway rolling stock and of shipping, he is transporting large quantities of sugar 70 miles from Peterborough to Grimsby, and then 200 miles by sea to London, when the direct railway journey to London is only 80 miles.
§ Mr. StracheyThis movement is part of the programme of movement of sugar from sugar beet factories to the refineries which was planned as a whole in consultation with the railways. The use of direct rail from Peterborough would have involved transfer to river craft in London, and added to railway difficulties.