§ 26. Mr. L. LYLEasked the Food Controller the price at which the Imperial Government sells Overseas Dominions meat to the Allies; and what is the price of the same type of meat when sold in this country to the British public?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of FOOD (Mr. McCurdy)Frozen meat from Australia and Mew Zealand is supplied by the Board of Trade to the Allied Forces in Salonika and the East and is charged against the several Governments at landed cost according to the respective quantities consumed by their troops. The meat so supplied consists almost entirely of beef, and I have no information as to the prices actually charged for it by the Board of Trade. The meat from Australia and New Zealand sold by the Food Controller on British markets is mainly lamb with a small proportion of mutton, and the prices paid by the British consumer will be found in the Meat (Retail Prices) Order, a copy of which I am sending to the hon. Member.