§ 50. Mr. Priceasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that under the present scale of payment for calves the animal must be 100 lb. in weight to obtain 11d. a lb.; and whether, in view of the fact that calves of excellent quality often only reach 80 lb., he will consider a grade somewhere between 7d. and 11d. a lb.?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food (Mr. Lennox-Boyd)The price of first quality veal calves has been 1s.3d. per lb. since the introduction of control, and the minimum weight for this grade of calf was put at 100 lb. Since 18th March calves of 90 lb. or over, and in the case of the smaller breeds, of a few pounds less, can be graded as first quality, and there has been no minimum weight limit for second quality veal calves which are purchased by the Ministry at 11d. per lb. The price for third quality veal calves was increased to 9d. per lb. on that date.