asked the Minister of Food what steps are at present being taken to obtain supplies of citrus juices from the U.S.A.; what quantities have been imported in the last 12 months from the U.S.A.; and...

asked the Minister of Food, whether, in view of the small quantities of nuts at present available, he will consider releasing moderate quantities of monkey nuts to fruiterers for sale on the open...

asked the Minister of Food if, without giving details of the contracts, he will indicate how the price being paid for the 50,000 tons of meat recently ordered in the U.S.A. compares with the...

asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that artificer apprentices, 16 years of age, in the R.N. receive an ordinary Services' ration card for leave periods; that this does not enable them...

asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that in many areas there have been no potatoes on sale for nearly a week, and that the few green vegetables in the shops are priced so high that it is...

asked the Minister of Food how much he spent in 1946 on Press advertisements; and what percentage of the sum was represented by advertisements giving menus.

asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that 1,000 tons of fish offal has now accumulated unprocessed at the works of the Grimsby Fish Meal Company, Limited, owing to lack of fuel; and...

asked the Minister of Food when he proposes to announce the prices and conditions of sale of strawberries for this season; and if, before doing so, he will consult smallholders and find out the...

asked the Minister of Food the number of catering licences that have been issued in the last 18 months, to the nearest convenient date, to persons who had not previously held a licence.

asked the Minister of Food what intake of calories per head per day is shown, for the latest available month, by his Department's dietary food survey; and what are the comparable figures for the...

asked the Minister of Food what were the numbers of fat cattle pur- chased from farmers in the periods 1st December, 1945, to 1st March, 1946, and 1st December, 1946, to 1st March, 1947.

asked the Minister of Food what is the origin of the third-grade meat bought from the U.S.A. at 1s. 8d. per pound; what is the cost per pound to His Majesty's Government of this meat on sale to...

asked the Minister of Food why only 120,000 tons of maize were imported in 1946; and what amount, and from which countries, he estimates that he will succeed in importing maize in 1947.

asked the Minister of Food whether, in view of the fact that the quantity of oil-cake and meal produced during 1946 was lower than even the worst year during the war and that the imports during...

asked the Minister of Food whether his Department is purchasing the 1947 crop of Cameroon bananas on the basis of f.o.b. or c.i.f.; and what price per ton is being paid.

asked the Minister of Food whether he will arrange for bread to be served at meals, without ranking a course, when potatoes are unobtainable.

asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that inconvenience is being caused to retail traders when the value of goods is down pointed, as they have to give up to the wholesaler the number of...