§ 35. Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Food what steps he is taking to ensure that his reductions in the prices of oils and fats will reflect themselves in reductions in prices to the domestic consumer.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeNone. Sir. The reductions are in the prices of inedible oils and fats used for soap making and other industrial purposes for which the market is highly competitive.
§ Mr. WilleyIs the right hon. and gallant Gentleman aware that what I had in mind was that the Ministry used to control soap, and that the Ministry have all the particulars? Will the Minister make sure that these price decreases are passed on to the consumer?
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeThe operative part of the supplementary question was "used to control." I do not do so any longer. The hon. Gentleman may recollect what appeared in the newspapers within the last week or so, that it is expected that there will be a price reduction very shortly.