§ MR. HEDDERWICKI beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he has recently promised or agreed to the appointment of a Committee to inquire into and report upon the colouring of margarine and the addition of preservatives to butter and milk.
§ MR. CHAPLINI have appointed a Committee to inquire into the use of preservatives and colouring matters in the preservation and colouring of food generally. My right hon. friend the Member for Wigtownshire has consented to act as Chairman, and the other members of the Committee will be Professor Thorpe, of the Government Laboratory, Dr. Bulstrode, one of the Medical Inspectors of the Local Government Board, and Dr. Tunnicliffe, of the Physiological Laboratory, St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
§ MR. HEDDERWICKAre we to understand that the Government intend to drop the Sale of Food and Drugs Bill this session?
§ MR. CHAPLINNothing of the kind.