Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 31 Mawrth 1947.
Sir John Mellor
, Sutton Coldfield
12:00,
31 Mawrth 1947
asked the Minister of Food if he will state with regard to each of the 10 cases during 1946, in which the defendants were acquitted after their goods had been seized under the Seizure of Food Orders, 1942 or 1946, the value of the goods before seizure and when returned to the owner or, if sold by the Minister, the gross proceeds of
| In none of these cases were the goods returned to the owner. Their value at the time of seizure could only be the price at which they could be legally sold. The following statement shows the gross proceeds, deductions and payments made in each of the ten cases where goods were seized under the Seizure of Food Order, 1942, and the defendants were acquitted: | ||||||||||
| Case. | Gross Proceeds. | Deductions. | Net Proceeds. | Date of Payment to Owner. | ||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18.10.46 | |
| 2 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | Nil | Nil | ||
| 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 20.11.46 | |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | Nil | Nil | ||||||
| 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 26.6.46 |
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Nil | 6 | 4 | 0 | 25.10.46 | ||
| 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | Nil | 2 | 9 | 8 | Indemnity Form not received and payment not made. | ||
| 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Nil | 3 | 4 | 4 | Indemnity Form not received and payment not made. | ||
| 9 | 12 | 6 | Nil | 12 | 6 | 25.1.47 | ||||
| 10 | 19 | 11 | Nil | 19 | 11 | Owner has disappeared leaving no address and proceeds are held to his account. | ||||
| Note: The deduction in all the above cases is the amount of ¾d. per lb. to wholesale meat supply associations for removal and sale of meat seized. No seizure, administrative or other expense has been deducted. | ||||||||||
Mr Evelyn Strachey
, Dundee
As the answer contains a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Sir John Mellor
, Sutton Coldfield
As the Parliamentary Secretary admitted, on 26th November last, that injustice might have occurred in those cases, and promised to examine each case, will the Minister consider the last line of my Question?
Mr Evelyn Strachey
, Dundee
When the hon. Member sees my answer in the OFFICIAL REPORT, he will see that I deal with what happened in the final settlement with the owner in each particular case, which differs in each of the To cases. It is a little difficult for me, without taking up unduly the time of the House, to detail what happened in each case, but, in general, where the owner applied for repayment, he received it.
Sir John Mellor
, Sutton Coldfield
Will the Minister say when the examination by the Parliamentary Secretary into these cases was completed?
Mr Evelyn Strachey
, Dundee
It was completed, anyhow, in time for me to give the hon. Member particulars of each case in the written reply.
