HC Deb 10 July 1939 vol 349 cc2018-9

Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to authorise certain payments out of the Exchequer to milk marketing boards in respect of certain milk, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament—

  1. (a)to milk marketing boards by which payments are or have been made to producers in respect of accredited milk, standard milk, tuberculin tested milk, certified milk or milk from attested herds, being in any case milk sold or used at any time during the two years ending with the thirtieth day of September, nineteen hundred and forty, of sums in respect of that milk in accordance with the tables at the end of this Resolution;
  2. (b)to any milk marketing board which,in respect of any period between the first day of October, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, and the beginning of October,nineteen hundred and forty, gives effect or has given effect, to approved arrangements for increasing the demand for milk by the sale thereof at a reduced price for consumption—
    1. (i) by pupils who attend recognised public elementary, secondary or day schools and persons under eighteen who attend other schools or institutions or undergo courses of instruction; or
    2. (ii) by expectant or nursing mothers or children under five,
    of sums not exceeding the loss incurred by the board in carrying out the arrangements;
  3. (c)to milk marketing boards, in respect of milk used in manufacturing butter or cheese during the two years ending with the thirtieth day of September, nineteen hundred and forty, of sums calculated, in the case of milk used for butter, by reference to the amount by which the price of imported butter falls, in a winter half-year, 2019 below one hundred and twenty-five shillings per hundredweight, and, in a summer half-year, below one hundred and fifteen shillings per hundredweight, and in the case of milk used for cheese, by reference to the amount by which the price of imported cheese falls, in a winter half-year, below sixty-seven shillings and sixpence per hundredweight, and, in a summer half-year, below sixty-two shillings and sixpence per hundredweight, so however that the payments for any year shall not be made in respect of more than two hundred and fifty million gallons of milk in all;
  4. (d) of the administrative expenses incurred for the purposes of the said Act by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Secretary of State;
and to authorise the payment into the Exchequer of any sums received under the said Act by any Minister of the Crown.

Table I.
Milk produced in England which is sold otherwise than by retail or semi-retail or is used in manufacturing cheese at a farm, and milk produced in Scotland sold to or through a milk marketing board or used in manufacturing cheese at a farm.
Kind of Milk. Scale of Exchequer Contributions. (Pence per Gallon.)
All Tuberculin Tested or Certified Milk, and milk from an attested herd which is Accredited or Standard Milk 1¼
Accredited or Standard Milk which is not Tuberculin Tested or Certified Milk and is not milk from an attested herd ¾
Milk from an attested herd which is not Accredited, Standard, Tuberculin Tested or Certified Milk ½
Table II.
Other milk.
Kind of milk. Scale of Exchequer Contributions. (Pence per Gallon.)
All Certified Milk ¾
All Tuberculin Tested Milk, and milk from an attested herd which is Accredited or Standard Milk ¾
Accredited or Standard Milk which is not Tuberculin Tested or Certified Milk and is not milk from an attested herd ⅝