§ 19. Captain BOWYERasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will take steps to facilitate the import of feeding-stuffs for the use of home-grown poultry by providing transport at present engaged in bringing foreign eggs to Great Britain; and also to prevent undue prices being placed upon damaged wheat and other produce used for the feeding of poultry?
§ The MINISTER OF FOOD (Mr. G. H. Roberts)I have been asked to reply. No further shipments of foreign eggs are being made to Great Britain on Government account; and I may add that plentiful supplies of imported feeding-stuffs are now available. As regards the last part of the question, there is already an Order in existence (the Damaged Grain, Seeds and Pulse (Prices) Order, 1917), which prevents undue prices being placed upon damaged wheat and other produce used for the feeding of poultry.