HC Deb 01 November 1948 vol 457 c17W
78. Mr. W. Shepherd

asked the Minister of Food to state the policy of his Department in regard to granting licences for fish frying in areas where the number of shops is deemed already adequate.

Mr. Strachey

The object of freely granting fish-frying licences for a time is to allow would be traders to decide for themselves where new shops are needed and will therefore prove economic to open.