§ 39. Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Food in view of the observations of the Comptroller and Auditor-General in Section 23 of the Trading Accounts and Balance Sheets for 1948–49, what steps he has taken to ensure that the rates for storage paid by his Department are fair and reasonable.
§ Mr. WebbA Rates and Charges Panel set up within my Department in 1946 supervises the rates paid by the Ministry for storage, transport and other similar services. We never pay higher than commercial rates and often, as large-scale users, pay less.
§ Sir W. SmithersIs not this another instance of Government control wasting the taxpayers' money.