§ 66. Captain BARNSTONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food if he is aware that the Ilford Food Control Committee has ordered the supply of milk to the necessitous poor, if purchased over the counter, at 6d. per quart, this being the cost price to the retailer; and will he say on what ground this charge of supplying the necessitous poor is thus put on the distributor instead of being a charge upon the rate?
§ Mr. CLYNESThe hon. Member appears to have been misinformed as to the action of the Ilford Local Food Control Committee. A deputation, representing the milksellers in the Ilford district, made a voluntary offer to the Committee to supply milk over the counter at 6d. a quart to the necessitous poor and sick, under a ticket system, and their offer was accepted by the Committee. The arrangement was, entirely voluntary, and no Order has been issued by the Local Food Control Committee.