Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 13 Mehefin 1945.
Captain John McEwen
, Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire
12:00,
13 Mehefin 1945
asked the Minister of Food what steps he is taking to remedy the difficulties of fanners in the South of Scotland who are finding it impossible to market wheat owing to the conditions of surplus which have arisen.
Mr John Llewellin
, Uxbridge
This surplus is now being purchased and stored by my Department.
Captain John McEwen
, Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire
Is my right hon. and gallant Friend not aware that the moment chosen for unloading this stock of wheat on to the Scottish market was a singularly unfortunate one, because it was at precisely the moment when Scottish farmers had an increased amount of wheat for sale, and will he see that it does not occur again?
Mr John Llewellin
, Uxbridge
I understand that we had an abnormal number of threshings by farmers which put additional wheat on the market, and because the millers themselves could not take it, my Department stepped in and stored it.
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