§ 38. Mr. Hurdasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what advice he takes from independent experts in deciding the rate of extraction required in flour milling for National bread; what proportion of the total quantity of the flour produced in the United Kingdom comes into this category; and how much imported flour is used in the National loaf.
Mr. AmoryAn independent and authoritative review is being made of the scientific and medical evidence now available on the composition and nutritive value of flour of varying extraction rates. I informed the House on 5th May last of the membership and terms of reference of the panel making the review. About 71 per cent. of the total flour milled in the United Kingdom in the year ended 30th June, 1955, was National flour. It is not possible to say how much imported flour was used in National bread.
§ Mr. HurdCan my right hon. Friend state when he hopes to receive and publish the report of this panel?