§ 44. Miss Burtonasked the Minister of Food whether he will make a statement concerning the proposed increase in the price of bread.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeI have decided that I cannot accept the bakers' application for an increase of ¼d. on the price of the 14 oz. loaf.
§ Miss BurtonDoes the Minister's reply mean that the country can take assurance that the opinion of an expert that the price of the National loaf would rise from 7½d. to 10½d. in the autumn is quite unfounded?
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeI am dealing only with the hon. Lady's Question, which concerns the 14 oz. loaf. The application was based on increased costs and the shortage of farthings. Neither of those two contentions, in the opinion of my advisers, justified a rise.