§ 36. Sir William Darlingasked the Minister of Food what is the respective annual consumption of dollar-costing imported and home-produced breakfast foods; and what plans he has to increase the consumption of the latter.
§ Mr. WebbThree thousand two hundred tons and 226,600 tons respectively for the year ending February, 1950. I think we had better let people decide for themselves whether they want to eat more home-produced breakfast foods.
§ Sir W. DarlingDoes not the right hon. Gentleman agree that it is most desirable that people should eat home-produced wheat and cereal foods rather than these imported ones which cost dollars?
§ Mr. WebbIn these matters I believe in freedom of choice and not in thrusting food down people's throats.
§ Colonel Gomme-DuncanWill the Minister say why he continues to subsidise these wheat foods and refuses to give any subsidy to oatmeal, which is far more nourishing?