HC Deb 23 July 1951 vol 491 cc5-6W
71. Mr. C. S. Taylor

asked the Minister of Food whether he can now allow personal points, issued for the sweet ration, to be used alternatively for an additional purchase of sugar.

72. Mr. Profumo

asked the Minister of Food whether in order to facilitate domestic jam-making, he can now make arrangements for unused sweet coupons to be used to obtain extra quantities of sugar.

Mr. F. Willey

There are many practical difficulties in a scheme of this sort, and I am satisfied the work involved, both for traders and for my own Department, would be out of all proportion to the benefits. Sugar is not the only ingredient in sweets, and I think people overestimate the amount of sugar they could hope to get out of an arrangement of this sort.