Sir Thomas Inskip said the needs of the defence services came first, home production came second, and food storage third, Home production of wheat, sugar and other food supplies had increased and the position was by that much improved, He assured the House that the Government did recognize that food storage was an important part of he plans necessary for the maintenance of the national food supply, but declined to go into details the public disclosure of which might affect rices, Food storage was an insurance policy and the_rate of premium was 1 question which must be left to the Government, As to the motion itself, the Minister opposed the idea of the Government being urged to build a storage plant when the necessities of rearmament demanded the fullest use of the nation's building resources.
The motion was defeated by 193 otes to 130, after Mr, J. R, Clynes, he Wer Time Food Controller, had expressed his dissatisfaction with the Ministers statement.—Wireless through Reuter
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