§ 57. Sir C. Edwardsasked the Minister of Food how much food became bad and unusable in consequence of the strike of dockers in London; and if he will give an estimate of how much this would have been had it not been for the unloading of ships by Service men.
§ Dr. SummerskillAs a result of the strike, 4 tons of pears, 100 tons of onions, 20 tons of French soft cheese, and 30 tons of eggs became bad and unusable. It is not possible to say what would have been the loss had it not been for the unloading of ships by Service men, but the greater part of perishable cargo, meat, buttter, bacon, was safe in refrigerated space.