HC Deb 06 July 1951 vol 489 c249W
Surgeon Lieut.-Commander Bennett

asked the Minister of Food if he will extend to catering establishments in Hampshire his permission to sell clotted cream under the same conditions as he has laid down for Wiltshire and Dorset-shire, in view of the number of people who take their holidays in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

Mr. Webb

Licences to make and sell clotted cream are issued to farmers on remote and upland hill farms in Somersetshire, Devonshire and Cornwall, not for the benefit of holiday makers but to help these farmers to rear more calves for beef. The cream may be sold by retail and to catering establishments and institutions in the six South Western

Class Oils chargeable with Customs Duty Quantity Receipts
(Gallons) £
Light Oils 1,632,089,710 120,024,465
Of which motor (including Aviation)spirit 1,580,582,289 £116,349,100
Heavy Oils:
For use as road fuel 259,328,855 19,034,681
Other Heavy Oils 2,726,359,414 638,210
Of which fully rebateable 2,573,186,385
Oils chargeable with Excise Duty
(Gallons)
Light Oils 103,351,983 3,855,223
Of which motor (including Aviation)spirit 48,300,000* £1,810,000*
Heavy Oils:
For use as road fuel 21,424,998 803,437
TOTAL … £144,356,016
Allowances under Section 8 (4) of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1945 825,348
NET TOTAL … £143,530,668
* Owing to changes in the course of the year in the method of compiling excise statistics these figures are approximations only.