§ 68. Mr. Hurdasked the Minister of Food if, when the allocation of sugar to sweet manufacturers is increased by one-fifth on 17th May, he will be able to increase, similarly, the allocation of other scarce materials, so that they can make more chocolate and other good quality sweets and enable village shops as well as the larger town shops to provide what their customers prefer.
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Year Number of outbreaks of swine fever Number of pigs which died of swine fever Number of pigs slaughtered (for diagnostic purposes) Compensation paid £ 1952 Great Britain … 891 12,274 595 2,150 Wales … 15 260 9 56 1953 (to 29th April). Great Britain … 975 2,674 365 1,286 Wales … 37 152 6 17 Notes a) No figures are available of the total number of pigs involved in outbreaks. Available statistics relate only to pigs which died of swine fever. (b) As pigs are not slaughtered as a control measure, compensation is paid only for pigs slaughtered for diagnosis. (c) The figures for 1953 in column 4 do not include cases where restrictions are still in force, as this information is not yet available.
Dr. HillSupplies of other ingredients have already been increased, and these, together with the extra sugar, will enable production to be increased substantially. I have no doubt that the manufacturers will do their best to get fair distribution.