§ 30. Mr. BOWERMANasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he has received representations from the Deptford Borough Council urging that maximum retail prices should be fixed for all substituted foodstuffs, particularly rice, which are produced within the British Empire; if so, whether consideration has been given to such representations; and with what result?
Captain BATHURSTThe representations referred to have been received, and are being carefully considered. There are, however, obvious dangers in a wide extension of the policy of fixing maximum prices.