§ 50. Mr. Turtonasked the Minister of Food what price self-suppliers and 2072 caterers receive per pound for half of the carcase of a pig they are obliged by regulation to sell to his Ministry; and what is the price per pound paid to the ordinary feeder of pigs for pigs sold otherwise than under this regulation.
§ Colonel LlewellinThe prices are the same for pigs falling within the same weight range, and I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT what these prices are for different weights of pigs.
§ Mr. TurtonDoes my right hon. and gallant Friend deny that, in the case of a pig, for every 20 score the Ministry of Food pay 3¾d. per pound less than the factory price?
§ Colonel LlewellinNo, Sir, it depends on where the home producer of the pig sends his pig. If he sends it to a butcher he gets a lower price than if he sends it to the Ministry's wholesale agents, because we put in the meat subsidy between the two.
§ Following is the statement:
§ The current pig price schedule is as follows:
| Per score. | |
| Up to 5 score 4 lb. dead-weight | 21s. 0d. |
| 5 score 5 lb. to 6 score 10 lb. dead-weight | 23s. 0d. |
| 6 score 11 lb. to 12 score 0 lb. dead-weight | 24s. 0d. |
| 12 score 1 lb. to 13 score 0 lb. dead-weight | 22s. 6d. |
| 13 score 1 lb. to 14 score 0 lb. dead-weight | 20s. 0d. |
| Over 14 score dead-weight | 17s. 0d. |