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Mr. J. Morrison
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to ensure that sufficient screw-top bottles are available for housewives in this country for bottling fruit, in view of the urgent need for conserving all available foodstuffs and of the heavy fruit crops.
Mr. Belcher
The manufacturers have recently increased their capacity for making preserving-bottles and are doing their best to make up the ground lost during the fuel crisis. As the hon. Member may be aware, jam jars with special closures are a useful substitute for screw-top bottles.