HC Deb 13 February 1917 vol 90 c417
39. Colonel YATE

asked the hon. Member for Wilton, as representing the Food Controller, whether the Wheat Commission purchased wheat in India at 2s. per quarter in excess of the market price in that country, with the result of upsetting the whole of the Indian wheat market?

The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of FOOD CONTROL (Captain Bathurst)

I am informed by the Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies that in this, as in other cases, they purchased wheat at the market price.

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