§ 47. Mr. Wilfrid Robertsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food on what basis potato meal from factories established by the Government is being distributed; and whether counties in which the factories are not situated will have the opportunity of purchasing proportions of the meal?
§ Mr. BoothbyDuring the latter part of the last season potato meal produced from factories now under the control of the Ministry was distributed partly to makers of compound feeding-stuffs and partly to merchants in the counties immediately around the factories. A wider basis of distribution was not warranted because the supplies of meal were comparatively small. For the next season, when more factories should be in operation, it may not be possible for reasons of economy in transport to distribute potato meal to all counties, but those counties which do not receive allocations of potato meal will be given increased allocations of other feeding-stuffs.