Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 April 1948.
Mr Frederic Harris
, Croydon North
12:00,
26 April 1948
May I ask why it is reported that we have sold nearly £1 million worth of sugar, which was paid for with dollars and was sent to the Rand this year in return for sterling, and what is the present stock position of sugar in this country, and for what period those stocks will last at the present rate of consumption?