HC Deb 06 April 1932 vol 264 cc213-23
Sir S. CRIPPS

I beg to move, in page 6, line 19, to leave out the words "which would have been."

This is an Amendment which I moved in Committee, and which the right hon. Member said he will be good enough to consider. It is to simplify the drafting, and I understand that, on consideration, he is prepared to accept it.

Sir J. GILMOUR

Yes, I am prepared to accept it.

Amendment agreed to.

Sir J. GILMOUR

I beg to move, in page 6, line 25, after the word "that," to insert the words: a miller shall not be liable to make quota payments in respect of any hundredweight of his output which consists only of wheat meal delivered by him for consumption without further manufacture as animal or poultry food, and. I have put down this Amendment and the consequential Amendments which follow to give effect, as promised, to the intention contained in an Amendment moved by the hon. Member for Cambridge (Sir D. Newton) in Committee. The hon. Member stated that his object was to give to other millers the same exemption as is given to provender millers in respect of meal for feeding animals and poultry, and this Amendment meets the point of substance raised in Committee. By this Amendment the miller will not be liable to make quota payments for wheat meal used for poultry or other animal food, but, on the other hand, the miller who is a large manufacturer of such meal will not be entitled to a miller's certificate. The Amendment further provides that the exemption shall apply only to wheat meal for consumption without further manufacture. I emphasise the words "without further manufacture." It bears out the intention that the poultry industry should not be indirectly handicapped by the operation of this Bill. It covers wheat meal for the poultry industry, and excludes all dog and game foods, etc.

Sir S. CRIPPS

I beg to move, as an Amendment to the proposed Amendment, in line 3, to leave out the words "without further manufacture."

This Amendment and the further Amendment standing in my name are mere drafting Amendments. It seemed to us that the words at the end of the phrase which it is proposed to introduce were not very easy to understand. The object of the Minister was really that wheat meal delivered by the miller for consumption as animal and poultry food should be exempted, provided there was no further manufacture thereof. The sentence runs wheat meal delivered by him for consumption without further manufacture. That does not seem to make good English. If it ran delivered by him for consumption as animal or poultry food without further manufacture, we should be able to understand it. We put this Amendment down so that the farmer would not be confused by the idea of consumption without manufacture. The Minister will agree that it is better to put it at the end of the sentence instead of in the middle and I am sure, in the circumstances, he will be prepared to accept these two verbal Amendments. We are glad that he has brought forward this particular Amendment because, although we did wish to see the whole proviso left out, we felt that, if it were not left out, it was unfair that it should not cover the case where the miller sold food for consumption by poultry or animals. Therefore, we agree with the substance of the Amendment except on one point on which the hon. Member for West Bermondsey (Dr. Salter) has an Amendment.

Sir J. GILMOUR

While the Amendment does seem an improvement, I am not quite certain that it is wise to accept it without further consideration. I will look into it between now and a further stage.

Sir S. CRIPPS

I beg leave to withdraw the Amendment to the proposed Amendment.

Amendment to the proposed Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Dr. SALTER

I beg to move, as an Amendment to the proposed Amendment, in line 3, after the word "manufacture," to insert the words "or mixing."

I move this Amendment in order to obtain an explanation or statement from the Minister as to what precisely is meant by "manufacture" in this connection. I appreciate that wheat meal, which is subsequently converted by manufacturing process into a dog biscuit, is definitely excluded from the provisions of this Amendment, but, in the case of meal which is sold to various patentees and to firms who manufacture all kinds of patent foods, who only mix other substances with the meal and do not submit the meal to any sort of manufacturing process in any sense or term, I want to know whether those processes are within or without the terms of this Amendment? For example, there is a firm doing a very large business which buys wheat and wheat meal and mixes it with dry yeast and with ground bone and sells it as a special patent pig food, guaranteeing that pigs fed thereon grow more rapidly and develop greater weight than pigs fed on ordinary food. There are at least half a dozen other patent animal foods on the market and there are chicken foods as well. You cannot describe them as manufactured, but they are admixtures of various materials. I put this Amendment down in order to extract from the Minister a definite statement as to whether such foods are or are not included.

Mr. T. GRIFFITHS

I beg to second the Amendment to the proposed Amendment.

Sir J. GILMOUR

The intention of the Amendment I have moved is to secure exemption for wheat meal delivered by a miller for consumption as such by animals and poultry, and to exclude from such exemption wheat meal delivered and manufactured in such things as dog biscuits and expensive animal and poultry foods for consumption. The Amendment to the Amendment, as I understand, would seek to limit the exemption to wheat meal which is not mixed before consumption by animals or poultry. I think it is unreasonable and also impracticable. I hope that what I have said is clear, and that in the circumstances it will meet the point which the hon. Member has raised.

Sir S. CRIPPS

The right hon. Gentleman will find, on inquiry, that he should put in some definition of "manufacture," if that is what his intention is. The Attorney-General will appreciate the difficulties that may arise when one is dealing with such things as manner of manufacture. He has a wide experience of having such difficulties discussed before him. The question of whether a mixture is a manufacture has often been debated at great length. In such circumstances the court may hold that manufacture may mean mixing in order to put a special food on the market. It would almost certainly cover mashes cooked before they are fed to animals as often happens in pig-feeding. If they were cooked before they were consumed by the animal they might come within the definition. Before this Bill leaves another place, I hope the right hon. Gentleman will consider whether it would not be wise to put in some precise definition as to what manufacture means for the purpose of this Bill.

Dr. SALTER

I beg to ask leave to withdraw the Amendment to the proposed Amendment.

Amendment to the proposed Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Proposed words there inserted in the Bill.

Sir J. GILMOUR

I beg to move, in page 6, line 28, to leave out the words "used only," and to insert instead thereof the words "consumed without further manufacture."

This Amendment is consequential.

Amendment agreed to.

Sir J. GILMOUR

I beg to move, in page 6, line 32, to leave out the words "exempting him," and to insert instead thereof the words "certifying that he is exempt."

Sir S. CRIPPS

We have no objection to this Amendment. We presume that it is only another case in this mad Bill of certifying someone as being something. Under this Bill I am afraid that the right hon. Gentleman could certify a good many people.

Amendment agreed to.

Sir J. GILMOUR

I beg to move, in page 7, line 14, at the end, to insert the words: (4) If in accordance with the bye-laws of the Wheat Commission it is proved to the satisfaction of the Commission with respect to any bread that the bread has been exported and that all the flour from which the bread was made was flour in respect of which quota payments have been duly made, a repayment shall be made or allowed by the Commission to the exporter, and the amount of the repayment to be so made or allowed in respect of any such bread, as at the date on which it is so exported as aforesaid, shall be calculated at such a rate that the amount of the repayment in respect of every three hundred and seventy-six pounds of bread shall be equal to the quota payments payable in respect of two hundred and eighty pounds of flour delivered on that date. This proposed new Sub-section is introduced in fulfilment of a promise that I made in Committee that I would give special consideration, before the Report stage, to the case of bread, amounting in value to £200,000 per annum, exported from Northern Ireland across the land frontier. We have made special investigations and have been in communication with the interests in Northern Ireland, who are agreed that the proposals which I make in this Amendment will meet their case. The House will remember the discussion which took place in Committee. This Amendment follows upon the undertaking that I then gave.

Dr. SALTER

I beg to move, as an Amendment to the proposed Amendment, in line 2, after the first word "bread," to insert the words "or biscuits."

The Minister has agreed to give a rebate or repayment of the quota in the case of bread which is exported across the land frontier in Northern Ireland, but I gather that he refuses to give a similar rebate in respect of biscuits. For the life of me I cannot see either in logic or in reason any ground for differentiating between biscuits and bread in this regard. The value of the bread exported, which is only a question of exportation across the frontier between the Irish Free State and Ulster, amounts to £200,000, whereas the value of the exports of biscuits from this country to foreign countries amounts, on the Minister's own showing, on the average to £1,175,000, or more than five times as much as the value of the bread in question. It seems to me remarkable that the Minister should be wilding to reimburse the manufacturers of bread and not to reimburse the manufacturers of biscuits.

Something like four-fifths of our biscuits that are exported go to foreign countries, and not merely to our Dominions and Colonies. The biscuit export trade is a very old-established one. For the last 50 or 60 years British-made biscuits have been obtainable and sold all over the world and are obtainable in practically every European country. They have a desperate fight to hold their own at the present time, particularly because the flour from which the biscuits are made by our principal competitors, namely, the French and the Germans, is subsidised. During the Committee stage the Minister urged that the Amendment which we then moved on the subject was rather too wide in its terms. Instead of specifically denominating biscuits we used the words, "wheat products," and he thought that was too wide as it included sausages, sticking paste and other similar articles. He hinted, without saying so specifically, that he might consider the question of including biscuits in the rebate, and I earnestly hope that he will see his way to make the concession, particularly as the question of employment is very much bound up with his decision.

I am informed that if the Bill goes through as it stands it will unquestionably mean the loss of a very considerable proportion of our export trade in biscuits, and will necessitate the discharge of at least 4,000 to 5,000 persons who are at present employed in the different biscuit factories. The biscuit trade is an extraordinarily localised one. There are at the present time only five or six big biscuit manufacturing firms in the whole country, although there are a number of smaller firms. Ninety per cent. of the biscuit manufacturing trade of the country is conducted in five or six places—Huntley and Palmer's at Reading, Peak Frean's in Bermondsey, Carr's at Carlisle, McVitie and Price in Edinburgh, and one or two other firms. If we hit seriously this industry, it will cause a very great dislocation of employment in those five or six places, it will be a very hard blow to the areas where biscuits are manufactured, and it will involve no inconsiderable hardship. I hope that the right hon. Gentleman will see his way to include biscuits and to put them on exactly the same footing as bread.

Mr. T. WILLIAMS

I beg to second the Amendment.

Sir J. GILMOUR

We had a discussion on this problem when the Bill was in Committee. I think the Amendment was then moved by the hon. Member for Aberdare (Mr. G. Hall) and supported by the hon. Member for West Bermondsey (Dr. Salter) and the hon. and learned Member for East Bristol (Sir S. Cripps). The organised biscuit trade of the country has not made any representation to me in favour of this exemption. I should like the House to know that I laid the quota scheme before the National Association of Biscuit Manufacturers last December, and asked for their observations. The reply which I received, dated 19th December, was to the following effect: As biscuit manufacturers, the firms in my Association are vitally concerned in any proposals likely to affect the supply of English wheat and the price that they will be called upon to pay for English flour. So far as can be judged from your memorandum, although the application of the scheme would obviously tend to increase the price of English flour, it does not appear that the interests of biscuit manufacturers will be prejudicially affected to any serious extent. That was followed up, on 20th January, by a communication in which the Association informed me that the modifications which I had introduced into the original scheme did not appear to affect their members prejudicially. I have, therefore, come to the conclusion that it would be reasonable that I should reject the proposed Amendment. The hon. Member for West Bermondsey has emphasised the fact that there is an export trade in biscuits, and he was apprehensive that damage might be done to that industry. The two quotations which I have made appear to show that those who are qualified to judge do not take the view that the industry is likely to be prejudiced. The average export of biscuits from the United Kingdom in each year from 1926 to 1930 was something like 9,550 tons and the average value £1,175,000, the average value per ton being £123. Assuming that these biscuits on the average contain 75 per cent. of flour, the cost to the biscuit maker of the flour in a ton of biscuits at the present time is somewhere between £6 and £7, and with this raw material he manufactures a product which has been exported in recent years at the price of £123 a ton. It is, therefore, obvious that the cost of the flour is comparatively insignificant contrasted with the wholesale price of the biscuits. I have gone very carefully into this matter and in view of the information that I have placed before the House I think they will realise that there is no real necessity for the Amendment.

Mr. T. WILLIAMS

The right hon. Gentleman has quoted a document which he has received from the biscuit manufacturers. I should like to know whether that organisation has been informed that bread exported is to be exempt from the payment of the quota duty, and if so have they expressed themselves since they learned of that Amendment? I would suggest that it is not always wise, as seems to be the case, for the right hon. Gentleman merely to wait until vested interests make a demand upon him before he will do this, that or the other. No vested interests have approached Members sitting on these benches, either from the biscuit manufacturers or others. We merely look at this question from the point of view of employment. While it may be true, as the right hon. Gentleman said, that a mere £1,150,000 worth of biscuits exported per annum is an insignificant proportion of our total export trade, it does find employment. Might I also remind the right hon. Gentleman that while .6 of the total value of the article represents flour, we have heard it said time and again in this House that one-half of one per cent. makes the difference between losing or obtaining an order abroad. If competition is so fine that .3, .5 or .6 will make the difference between securing an export order or losing it, then the right hon. Gentleman is toying with trade by setting on one side what he regards as the infinitesimal proportion of the price of flour in the biscuit. If it is reasonable to exclude from the operation of the Bill £200,000 worth of bread, why is it unreasonable to suggest that £1,200,000 worth of biscuits ought to be excluded?

7.30 p.m.

Surely the right hon. Gentleman knows that the 9,500 tons of biscuits annually exported are exported in tin boxes, and, therefore, if any damage is done to the biscuit trade the tin makers will be adversely affected, and they will not thank the right hon. Gentleman if he puts an embargo on this export trade. It is therefore hardly fair to dismiss this biscuit trade as insignificant. The right hon. Gentleman and Members opposite are constantly declaring that the one means of solving the unemployment problem is to find work, but the right hon. Gentleman is going the right way to destroy some work of a very lucrative character. If the sum is so small that it really does not matter, why should not the right hon. Gentleman accept the Amendment and thus avoid the possibility of endangering the biscuit trade. He is providing a subsidy for foreign countries, but, apparently, our own manufacturers are to have no consideration at all. I think the right hon. Gentleman should be a wee bit more patriotic, and assist our own producers more than he appears to be willing to do at the moment.

Sir J. GILMOUR

It is probably the case that the communications did not

Division No. 140.] AYES. [7.34 p.m.
Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) Grundy, Thomas W. Morris, Rhys Hopkin (Cardigan)
Attlee, Clement Richard Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) Owen, Major Goronwy
Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) Parkinson, John Allen
Brown, C. w. E. (Notts., Mansfield) Harris, Sir Percy Pickering, Ernest H.
Buchanan, George Hicks, Ernest George Price, Gabriel
Cape, Thomas Hirst, George Henry Roberts, Aled (Wrexham)
Cocks, Frederick Seymour Holdsworth, Herbert Salter, Dr. Alfred
Cove, William G. Jenkins, Sir William Thorne, William James
Cripps, Sir Stafford John, William Tinker, John Joseph
Daggar, George Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) Wallhead, Richard C.
Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Watts-Morgan, Lieut.-Col. David
Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Kirkwood, David Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Joslah
Duncan, Charles (Derby, Claycross) Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George Williams, David (Swansea, East)
Edwards, Charles Lawson, John James Williams, Edward John (Ogmore)
Evans, R, T, (Carmarthen) Logan, David Gilbert Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly)
Foot, Dingle (Dundee) Lunn, William Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley)
George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) McEntee, Valentine L.
George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) McGovern, John TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) Mr. Gordon Macdonald and Mr.
Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot Duncan Graham.
Groves, Thomas E. Maxton, James
NOES
Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel Briscoe, Capt. Richard George Crooke, J. Smedley
Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) Broadbent, Colonel John Croom-Johnson, R. P.
Albery, Irving James Brown, Ernest (Leith) Crossley, A. C.
Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd.) Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C.(Berks., Newb'y) Cruddas, Lieut-Colonel Bernard
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Browne, Captain A, C. Culverwell, Cyril Tom
Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. Buchan-Hepburn, p. G. T. Dawson, Sir Philip
Aske, Sir Robert William Burghley, Lord Denman, Hon. R, D.
Bailey, Eric Alfred George Burnett, John George Denville, Alfred
Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. Burton, Colonel Henry Walter Despencer-Robertson, Major J, A. F.
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) Dickie, John P.
Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. Carver, Major William H. Doran, Edward
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Cautley, Sir Henry S. Drewe, Cedric
Barclay-Harvey, C. M. Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) Duckworth, George A. V.
Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey Chalmers, John Rutherford Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel
Beaumont, Hn. R. E. B. (Portsm'th, C.) Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) Duggan, Hubert John
Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. Clarry, Reginald George Eady, George H,
Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman Clayton Dr. George C. Eden, Robert Anthony
Bird, Ernest Roy (Yorks., Skipton) Clydesdale, Marquess of Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E.
Blindell, James Colville, John Elmley, Viscount
Bossom, A. C. Conant, R. J. E. Emmott, Charles E. G. C.
Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. Cooke, Douglas Emrys-Evans, P. V.
Boyce, H. Leslie Cooper, A. Duff Entwistle, Cyril Fullard
Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald Cranborne, Viscount Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare)
Braithwaite, J. G. (Hillsborough) Craven-Ellis, William Essenhigh, Reginald Clare

pass between myself and the interests concerned since the case of bread was dealt with in the Committee stage. It is not a case of my waiting to be approached by any of the so-called vested interests concerned. On the contrary, I am in the closest touch with the representatives of the concerns connected with this problem and, as I have already said, they have had the whole scheme of the Bill before them and have had the fullest opportunity of going into it and discussing it with my advisers and they have said that they do not anticipate any damage to their trade. As I do not wish to extend this exemption further, I cannot accept the Amendment.

Question put, "That the words 'or biscuits' be there inserted in the proposed Amendment."

The House divided: Ayes, 58; Noes, 246.

Evans, Capt. Arthur (Cardiff, S.) Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. Salmon, Major Isidore
Everard, W. Lindsay MacAndrew, Maj. C. G. (Partick) Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney)
Fermoy, Lord MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart
Fielden, Edward BrockUhur"t McCorquodale, M. S. Scone, Lord
Fox, Sir Gilford MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) Shakespeare, Geoffrey H.
Fraser, Captain Ian McEwen, Captain J. H. F. Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell)
Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. McKie, John Hamilton Shepperson, Sir Ernest W.
Ganzoni, Sir John McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) Simmonds, Oliver Edwin
Gillett, Sir George Masterman Magnay, Thomas Sinclair, Maj. Rt. H n. Sir A. (C'thness)
Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. Skelton, Archibald Noel
Gledhill, Gilbert Margesson, Capt. Henry David R. Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam)
Glossop, C. W. H. Marsden, Commander Arthur Smith-Carington, Neville W.
Gluckstein, Louis Halle Martin, Thomas B. Somervell, Donald Bradley
Glyn, Major Ralph G. C. Mason, Col. Glyn K. (Croydon, N.) Soper, Richard
Goodman, Colonel Albert W Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E.
Gower, Sir Robert Merriman, Sir F. Boyd Southby, Commander Archibald R. J.
Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) Spears, Brigadier-General Edward L.
Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas Milne, Charles Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fylde)
Grimston, R. V. Milne, John Sydney Wardlaw- Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland)
Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. Mitchell, Harold P.(Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) Stones, James
Guy, J. C. Morrison Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale Storey, Samuel
Hacking, Ht. Hon. Douglas H. Moreing, Adrian C. Stourton, Hon. John J.
Hales, Harold K. Morris, John Patrick (Salford, N.) Strauss, Edward A.
Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) Muirhead, Major A. J. Strickland, Captain W. F.
Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) Munro, Patrick Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart
Hanbury, Cecil Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. Templeton, William P.
Hanley, Dennis A. Newton, Sir Douglas George C. Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford)
Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry Normand, Wilfrid Guild Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton)
Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) North, Captain Edward T. Thompson, Luke
Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) Nunn, William Thomson, Sir Frederick Charles
Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. O'Connor, Terence James Thorp, Linton Theodore
Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Titchfield, Major the Marquess of
Hepworth, Joseph Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford)
Hope, Capt. Arthur O. J. (Aston) Palmer, Francis Touche, Gordon Cosmo
Pearson, William G. Turton, Robert Hugh
Hornby, Frank Peat, Charles U. Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey)
Horsbrugh, Florence Penny, Sir George Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull)
Howard, Tom Forrest Peters, Dr. Sidney John Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend)
Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney, N.) Petherick, M. Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock)
Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) Waterhouse, Captain Charles
Hume, Sir George Hopwood Peto, Geoffrey K.(W'verh'prn,B1lsrn) Watt, Captain George Steven H.
Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) Raikes, Henry V. A. M. Wells, Sydney Richard
Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich) Weymouth, Viscount
James, Wing.-Com. A. W. H. Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) Whiteside, Borras Noel H.
Joel, Dudley J. Barnato Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) Whyte, Jardine Bell
Johnston, J. w. (Clackmannan) Ramsbotham, Herwaid Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.)
Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) Ramsden, E. Wills, Wilfrid D.
Kerr, Hamilton W. Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George
Kimball, Lawrence Reid, William Allan (Derby) Wise, Alfred R.
Kirkpatrick, William M. Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. Withers, Sir John James
Knatchbull, Captain Hon. M. H. It. Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount
Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton Robinson, John Roland Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff)
Law, Sir Alfred Ropner, Colonel L. Worthington, Dr. John V.
Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) Rosbotham, S. T. Wragg, Herbert
Leckie, J. A. Ross, Ronald D. Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks)
Leech, Dr. J. W. Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge)
Liddall, Walter S. Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Llewellyn-Jones, Frederick Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside) Mr. Womersley and Major George
Lloyd, Geoffrey Russell, Richard John (Eddlsbury) Davies.
Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander Rutherford, Sir John Hugo

Proposed words there inserted in the Bill.

Further Amendments made: In page 7, line 30, leave out the words "the aggregate quantity," and insert instead thereof the words: that part of the output of millers and importers.

In line 31, leave out from the word "delivered" to the word "and," in line 33.

In line 34, at the end, insert the words: excluding wheat meal to be consumed, without further manufacture, as animal or poultry food."—[Sir J. Gilmour.]