§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will investigate immediately the action of the Leeds Transport and General Workers' Union in refusing to allow vehicles in and out of sugar warehouses in Pontefract, Wakefield and Sheffield owned by a food manufacturing company; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. William RodgersI have been asked to reply.
The Government regard sugar as a priority supply. The Transport and General Workers' Union fully accepts that it is within this category and has advised its members that pickets should not seek to prevent or delay its movement. I understand that vehicles are being allowed in and out of sugar warehouses in Pontefract, Wakefield and Sheffield.