asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, whether his attention has been drawn to the Seventeenth Report of the Select Committee on National Expenditure, which demonstrated that fish and chips was the most popular dish at the two factories visited; and what steps are being taken to permit this trade to have more ingredients?

The answer to the first part of my hon. Friend's Question is in the affirmative. As regards the latter part, all practicable steps are being taken to make available to the fried fish trade as full supplies as possible of fish, potatoes and other raw materials.