asked the Minister of Food if he will now remove the restrictions on import and sale of tinned cream.

No, Sir.

In view of the approach of the soft fruit season and the fact that there are abundant supplies of milk in soft currency countries in Europe, would not my right hon. Friend reconsider allowing us to bring in this very welcome addition to our food?

I think that my hon. Friend has overlooked a most important point and that is that we are importing butter from the soft currency countries—from Holland, Denmark and so on—and at the moment we prefer butter to cream.