Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 July 1948.
Mr Derick Heathcoat-Amory
, Tiverton
12:00,
12 July 1948
asked the Minister of Food whether purchases of meat from Canada by the United Kingdom are, at present, limited by availability of supplies or lack of dollars.
Dr Edith Summerskill
, Fulham West
Our supply of dollars is not sufficient to enable us to buy all the meat and bacon from Canada that she would be prepared to sell us.
