Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies. – in the House of Commons at on 28 January 1941.
Mr. David Adams:
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether consideration has been given, in association with America, to a scheme for storing Colonial surpluses for release after the war?
I have been asked to reply. Measures to deal with Colonial and other surplus comodities are being actively considered, in connection with the general problem of surpluses, by a Committee of Ministers, over which I preside, assisted by an Official Committee under the chairmanship of Sir Frederick Leith-Ross.
There is no question of a report; it is a question of taking action, and action has already been taken to purchase Colonial surpluses.
All questions of surpluses are being solved in consultation with the Colonies.