41. Mr. TEMPLE MORRISasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that certain patent breakfast foods, 1823 of which wheat forms the chief component part, do not contribute to the wheat quota on the same basis as bread, on which purchasers have to pay approximately ½d. tax on each loaf of bread; and if he will take steps to rectify this state of affairs?
§ Mr. ELLIOTI should explain to my hon. Friend that the quota payment under the Wheat Act, 1932, is not levied upon wheat but upon flour, as defined in the Act, whether the flour is used in bread making, or is used in the manufacture of patent breakfast foods, or for any other purpose.
§ The amounts advanced to date are as follow:—
| Name of Marketing Board. | Amount Advanced— | |||
| From the Agricultural Marketing Fund. | From the Agricultural Marketing (Scotland) Fund. | Total. | ||
| £ | £ | £ | ||
| Hops Marketing Board | … | 500 | — | 500* |
| Pigs Marketing Board | … | 4,500 | 500 | 5,000 |
| Pigs Marketing Board | … | 3,870 | 430 | 4,300 |
| Scottish Raspberry Marketing Board | … | — | 200 | 200 |
| Scottish Milk Marketing Board | … | — | 1,500 | 1,500* |
| Milk Marketing Board | … | 8,500 | — | 8,500* |
| Milk Marketing Board | … | 13,750 | — | 13,750* |
| Total | … | 31,120 | 2,630 | 33,750 |
| *loan has been repaid. |