Sir R. De la Bèreasked the Minister of Food whether he will take the necessary steps to secure sufficient sugar for the processing of fruits and vegetables at the Jersey factories in the Channel Islands to deal with the exceptionally heavy crops grown in this country and which will be unusable and wasted.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeThe allocation of sugar to Jersey canners is the responsibility of the Jersey authorities. The factories in the Island have enough sugar to can not only fruit and vegetables grown in the Island, but also some imported from England and other countries. I am willing to provide extra sugar to canners who require it to handle additional quantities of plums, and I have already asked the Jersey authorities what quantities the factories are prepared to take.