§ 64 and 65. Mr. Woodsasked the Minister of Food (1) if having regard to the undertakings given by his predecessor in connection with the Perry Report further consideration is being given to the proposals of the milk industry in connection with the setting up of an independent Milk Industry Council, with the Statutory Milk Marketing Boards and a Milk Distributors' Board acting in an administrative capacity under the control of the Milk Industry Council;
(2) whether, in the consideration of reconstruction proposals, attention has been given to the milk industry.
§ Colonel LlewellinNo proposals have yet been submitted to me by the milk industry in regard to the post-war organisation of the industry, but I assure my hon. Friend that when such proposals are received they will be given careful consideration.
§ Mr. WoodsIn view of the undertaking given by his predecessor that some action would be taken, will the Minister now take the initiative himself, in a matter which is of so vital an importance to the health of the people?
§ Colonel LlewellinOf course, the question of how far the present methods of milk distribution will be continued will have to be considered at the appropriate time. There is another Ouestion on that subject on the Paper to-day.