§ 23. Sir Francis Fremantle (for Captain Lyons)asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware of the fact that the Standstill Order in relation to the sale of foodstuffs has been in operation since the beginning of 1941 without any amendment; and whether, in the public interest, he will now issue classified maximum prices for all those commodities which have not been so dealt with?
Major Lloyd GeorgeNo, Sir. That is not the case. Of the 24 items scheduled in the Order, 10 have already been partially or wholly covered by Maximum Price Orders. Maximum Price Orders are shortly to be made for several of the remaining items, and the prices of others are to be controlled by agreement with the manufacturers.
§ Mr. George GriffithsWill the hon. and gallant Gentleman see that there is a Maximum Price Order put on insulin, because insulin in the last fortnight has gone up by 33 per cent.?