§ 101. Major COURTHOPEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether many farmers who wish to sell their wheat are being asked to accept less than the control price; and what steps will be taken to make the guarantee of price effective?
Sir A. BOSCAWENWhile the Grain Prices Order, 1918, only fixed maximum prices for wheat the Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies have issued instructions that sound wheat of the 1918 crop should be purchased by millers at the stated maximum price. Owing to temporary congestion of storage it has not always been possible for millers to take wheat offered to them, but if the hon. and gallant Member will forward to the Board particulars of any instances in which farmers are unable to dispose of their wheat, endeavours will be made to find a market.