asked the Minister of Food whether he will now grant a licence to L. A. M. (Foods), Ltd., of Letchworth, Herts, to obtain cartons for packing dehydrated soups and other products on the grounds contained in a letter sent to him by the hon. Member for Hitchin on 19th June.

Because of the limited supplies of carton board available to the food industries, and the fact that we cannot give dehydrated soup a high priority, it has been impracticable so far to grant this application. Neither the sale of equipment nor the grant of a manufacturing licence carries the promise of an allocation of packaging materials.