61. Mr. De la Bèreasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the policy of the Government is to replace the existing wheat security reserves by some of the wheat now arriving in the United Kingdom?
§ Mr. StanleyWheat in the Government reserves is replaced when this becomes necessary to avoid risk of deterioration. Some of the wheat now arriving in the United Kingdom represents such replacements.
Mr. De la BèeHave the Government's emergency stocks of wheat been created and maintained at the expense of merchant stocks, and can it be said that they are in any way additional to the merchant stocks? Is not the whole matter involved in an unnecessary air of mystery? In view of the fact that I have had no answer, I propose to raise the whole matter on the Adjournment.