HC Deb 19 July 1938 vol 338 cc1967-8
10. Mr. Parker

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the fact that the recent revision of the Food Council's bread price scale is justified by the increased costs of distribution, he will ask the Food Council to follow the example of the Linlithgow Committee and publish the results of their inquiries, so that public opinion on this matter may be adequately informed?

Mr. Stanley

As stated in their report, the Food Council's inquiry disclosed the existence of wide divergencies in the costs of those bakers whose statements of accounts were examined. In these circumstances, the Food Council considered that the publication of figures would not serve any useful purpose.

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