HC Deb 14 November 1938 vol 341 c481
34. Mr. De la Bère

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will consider introducing legislation to assist the stock-feeding farmer by fixing the maximum price of home-produced wheat offals at a standard price per ton?

Mr. W. S. Morrison

No, Sir. The prices of all feeding-stuffs are interrelated, and it would be impracticable to fix a maximum price for one, and to leave the others uncontrolled.

Mr. De la Bère

Does my right hon. Friend realise that the stock-feeding farmer is in reality paying for the subsidy to the wheat-raising farmer? Does he think that is really just?

Mr. Morrison

The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative, so that the second part does not arise.

Mr. A. V. Alexander

Is it not a fact that the people who are paying for the wheat subsidy are the consumers of bread?