Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 24 Mawrth 1947.
Mr Alfred Edwards
, Middlesbrough East
12:00,
24 Mawrth 1947
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 what quantities have been imported in the last 12 months from other sources.
Mr Evelyn Strachey
, Dundee
The only kind of citrus juice on which we can afford to spend dollars, is the special type of concentrated orange juice needed for the Welfare Foods Service. It would not be in the public interest to disclose the information asked for in the second and third parts of the Question.
Mr Quintin Hogg
, Oxford
Can the right hon. Gentleman tell us why it is that this orange juice cannot be produced from other than dollar areas?
Mr Evelyn Strachey
, Dundee
We get the maximum quantity we can, both of oranges and orange juice, from non-dollar sources, but a balance must come from dollar areas.
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