66. Mr. Scott-Elliotasked the Minister of Food whether, instead of allocating extra supplies of sugar to catering establishments and sweet manufacturers, he will use this additional supply in order to raise further the individual ration.
§ Mr. StracheyI would remind my hon. o Friend that we used the bulk of the extra sugar available for four purposes—first, to increase the domestic ration; second, to enable us to de-ration jam; third, to increase the sweet ration, and as soon as the extra sweets have been made, to de-ration the cheap sweets; and fourth, to give us a few more cakes and biscuits 113W and points foods. The amount given to catering establishments was very small. I agree with him that the domestic ration should have a very high priority.