§ 20. Major LANE-FOXasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food why a county war agricultural executive committee, acting for the Board of Agriculture and buying oats for the feeding of food-production horses, is charged the price of 56s. 3d. per quarter by the Army Supply Department when the controlled price of oats for feeding is limited to 46s. 3d. for farmers; and why one Government Department should raise the price to such an extent against another?
§ Mr. FORSTERThere is no question of raising the price against another Department. The War Office was asked to assist, and has gone out of its way to do so. The controlled price referred to applies only to home-grown oats. The oats supplied were imported oats, and the price charged includes freight and the necessary expenses.