HC Deb 25 November 1952 vol 508 c25W
60. Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenport

asked the Secretary of State for War to what extent potato requirements of the British Army of the Rhine are being met by purchases of the substantial surplus of home grown ware potatoes of the 1951 crop and from foreign sources, respectively.

Mr. Head

The surplus of the 1951 crop grown in this country was all cleared by July of this year and there is no substantial quantity available for the British Army of the Rhine supply.