§ Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Food when prices of home-grown soft fruits will be announced, especially of strawberries; and if he will this year abolish all price restrictions.
§ Mr. StracheyI announced as long ago as December, 1946, that soft fruit prices would not be controlled in 1948, and this statement has been repeated at intervals164W since then; this decision is, of course, subject to there being no unforeseen calamity, such as heavy frosts.