§ 40. Mr. Osborneasked the Minister of Food if he is aware that Swedish canned garden peas are being sold in this country at 1s. 3d. for 14 oz., against 1s. for 16 oz. English peas; that Swedish peas are packed in tin-plate exported 107W from Great Britain; and if he will reallocate to the home industry sufficient of the tin-plate, due for export, to enable the industry to deal with all this season's peas.
§ Mr. WebbI know that private traders have imported some tinned peas from Sweden, but I have no information about the source of the cans. Tin-plate makes an important contribution to our export trade and it would be difficult to increase home allocations at the expense of exports.