Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 31 March 1947.
In the case of sugar, for example, under the recent I.E.F.C. allocation, we should receive a considerable share of any sugar coming out of Indonesia this year. It would similarly benefit us in the case of fats and tea. There is no doubt whatever of the great importance to us of the early resumption of this trade.