§ 65. Mr. Priceasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what steps are being taken to secure that, in cases where a large increase in population has taken place in a certain area, and 1291 where there is in that area a large industrial and mining population for whom cheese is a vital necessity, an increased supply of cheese is available as far as the quantities in the country permit?
Major Lloyd GeorgeI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave on 26th February to the hon. Member for Devizes (Sir P. Hurd), in which I announced that my Noble Friend is reviewing the operation of the present system of distributing cheese with a view to its improvement. In that review the points made by my hon. Friend are being taken into account.
§ 66. Mr. Priceasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, when there is a surplus of milk for manufacture into milk products, he will give first preference to manufacture of cheese rather than dried and powder-milk products?
Major Lloyd GeorgeMy Noble Friend has already arranged that first preference shall be given to the making of cheese rather than of other products in the utilisation of the surplus milk available for manufacture