§ 17. Colonel Sir ARTHUR HOLBROOKasked the President of the Board of Trade the total number of boxes of bacon held in stock in this country by, or consigned to, the Food Department of the Board of Trade on the 31st March, 1921; and the purchase cost to the Department of these goods per box?
§ Sir P. LLOYD-GREAME126,811 boxes of bacon were held in stock in this country by, or were consigned to, the Government on 1st April, 1921. Pending the issue of arbitration proceedings, it is not possible to state the purchase cost per box.
§ Sir W. DAVISONCould the right hon. Gentleman state generally whether or not, owing to this State trading, we lost between £20,000,000 and £30,000,000 in bacon?
§ Sir P. LLOYD-GREAMEI certainly could not answer that question without notice, and I could not answer it at all until I know the result of the arbitration.