asked the Minister of Food how many licences for the manufacture of sugar confectionery have been granted since the end of the war; and how many of these have been issued to disabled ex-Service men.

I have issued 146 licences to manufacture chocolate and sugar confectionery since the end of the war, 40 to disabled ex-Service men, and the balance to ex-traders who were forced to close down as a result of circumstances directly attributable to the war.