Horticultural Tariffs

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 31 July 1952.

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Photo of Mrs Barbara Castle Mrs Barbara Castle , Blackburn East 12:00, 31 July 1952

I can answer the hon. Member out of the mouth of one of his own Ministers, because a typical question was asked on this point by the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Mr. Renton) on 2nd July as follows: Is my hon. Friend aware that this year, so far, in spite of the import cuts intended, enormous quantities of foreign fruit and vegetables have been dumped here, to the detriment of our home growers? The answer came from the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, that radio personality whose word, of course, is law to hon. Members opposite: The position is that, strawberries apart, imports of fruit for this year will amount to about one-quarter of the imports of fruit last year."—[OFFICIAL REPORT, 2nd July 1952; Vol 503, c. 426.]