§ 25. Brigadier-General CLIFTON BROWNasked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Milk Board will implement the conclusions arrived at by the committee of investigation forthwith, or whether he is making an Order to vary the recommendations of the committee in some respects?
§ The MINISTER of AGRICULTURE (Mr. Elliot)I gave notice on 6th May to the Milk Marketing Board of the action I propose to take with regard to the recent report of the Committee of Investigation for England, and have informed the board that, as required by Statute, I will consider any representations they may wish to make within 14 days from the date of the notice. After
§ Involved, I will, with permission, circulate the reply in the OFFICIAL REPORT, and will arrange for a chart to be placed in the tea room. I may say, however, that they show that the Imperial pensioner is at substantial advantage both in regard to cost of living and in relation to current wage rates by comparison with the pensioner in other countries?
§ The information is as follows:
§ The figures are based on particulars published by the International Labour Office, but in view of the known difficulties in the way of exact comparison between different countries they must be regarded as approximate only.
§ It has not been found practicable to include comparative figures for Germany owing to the extreme fluctuations in the value of currency in post-war years and the fact that since 1932 wages have been subject to arbitrary percentage reductions.
§ this date I will, of course, inform the House of the final decision reached.