asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will investigate immediately the refusal by the Transport and General Workers' Union and its pickets to allow drivers of Massey Bros. (Crainage) Ltd., Grange Mill, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, producers and compounders of animal feedingstuffs, to collect protein from their suppliers in the Liverpool docks; and if he will make a statement.

The regional emergency committee has investigated the situation at Massey Bros. (Crainage) Ltd., and I understand drivers of the firm are now being allowed to take priority supplies through the picket lines.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will investigate immediately the action of the Leeds Transport and General Workers' Union in refusing to allow vehicles in and out of sugar warehouses in Pontefract, Wakefield and Sheffield owned by a food manufacturing company; and if he will make a statement.

The Government regard sugar as a priority supply. The Transport and General Workers' Union fully accepts that it is within this category and has advised its members that pickets should not seek to prevent or delay its movement. I understand that vehicles are being allowed in and out of sugar warehouses in Pontefract, Wakefield and Sheffield.