HC Deb 21 November 1918 vol 110 c3455
1. Colonel Sir F. HALL

asked the Food Controller what is the wholesale price of imported smoked bellies of bacon and of best smoked English sides?

Mr. PARKER (Lord of the Treasury)

I am sending the hon. and gallant Member the information for which he asks.

The following is the information referred to:

The wholesale price of

  1. (1) Imported American cut bellies, pale dried or smoked, is now 171s. per cwt.,
  2. (2) Imported English cut bellies, pale dried or smoked, is now 228s. per cwt., and
  3. (3) English sides, pale dried or smoked, is now 199s. 6d. per cwt.