asked the Minister of Food what check is kept by his Department's, officials on the work done by section trade advisers, both with regard to their own trading operations and their allocations to other merchants; and how many cases of infringements of rules have been brought to his attention since the war by area supervisors and others.

Section trade advisers work under the close supervision of Area Potato Supervisors, who are whole-time officials of my Department; their duties do not include the making of allocations to other merchants. No instance of an infringement of the terms of appointment of a section trade adviser has come to my notice.