§ 80. Major Legge-Bourkeasked the Minister of Food what steps he is taking to ensure that the expected glut of plums, particularly in Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, is disposed of at prices fair to consumers and producers, and that an adequate supply of sugar and tinplate is made available to canners and jam manufacturers to enable them to take the surplus that will be available after the fresh fruit market has been supplied with table and cooking plums.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeIt is not in my power to ensure a sale for more plums than the market can absorb at prices consumers will pay, but sugar and tinplate allocations to jam manufacturers and fruit canners should not unduly restrict their purchases.