§ 31. Sir WALTER de FRECEasked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been called to the statement of the Food Council that the bakers have failed to give effect to the scale of maximum prices issued by the Council on 14th November; and what action he proposes to take in the matter?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe price of standard grade flour was raised on 3rd February, as will have been seen, to 49s. a sack of 280 lbs. At this price for flour, the price which the London bakers' associations recommend their members to charge for bread is in agreement with the price recommended by the Food Council as a maximum. My hon. Friend will have seen the statement in the Press that the Food Council at their meeting on 5th February decided that further information was required on the subject of the prices paid by bakers for their flour. They are, accordingly, requesting certain leading millers to submit their books to the Council's accountants.