HC Deb 26 February 1948 vol 447 c367W
Mr. Dodds-Parker

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will arrange for rice imports from Australia to East Africa to be increased to about 1,500 tons a month.

Mr. Rees-Williams

No. East Africa supplies all its own rice requirements, and has neither asked for nor received an allocation of rice from Australia or any other country under the international rice allocation system at present in force.