asked the Minister of Health if he has now been able to consider the letter sent to him by the hon. Member for Canterbury regarding the use of unfermented apple juice in dietary treatment in hospitals and sanatoria, together with a memorandum reprinted from the Monthly Bulletin of his Department in which Dr. H. E. Magee urged that hospital tests of apple juice should be made in this country; and whether he will now institute such tests.

I wrote to my hon. Friend on 14th May. For the reasons given in that letter and in my predecessor's reply to a Question on 24th April, I do not feel justified in instituting a special large-scale investigation.