§ 37. Mrs. Mannasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the value of the milk and welfare foods to families of four children in 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955.
§ Mr. H. NichollsThe estimated values of the subsidies on milk and welfare foods for an average family of four or more children during the past four years were:
| 1952 | … | … | … | 8s. 5d. a week |
| 1953 | … | … | … | 9s. 7d. a week |
| 1954 | … | … | … | 9s. 6d. a week |
| 1955 | … | … | … | 8s. 11d. a week |
§ Mrs. MannThe 1952 Report gives the value of welfare and milk subsidies at 14s. 9d. for a family of four. Does the hon. Gentleman read these Reports standing on his head?
§ Mr. NichollsThe hon. Lady is the one who really has not been careful in her reading. She will see that the original Question she put to my right hon. Friend, which elicited the Answer giving 14s. 9d. related to milk and all welfare foods. On this occasion, she asked particularly about 911 milk, and the Answer is as I have given it. [HON. MEMBERS: "NO."] The hon. Lady asked the value of milk and welfare foods for families of four children in 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955. The answer of 8s. 11d. for 1955 is the correct answer to that.
§ Mr. WilleyDoes the Parliamentary Secretary realise that, however one reads these Reports, the recent economy made at the expense of little children attending nursery schools is particularly mean?
§ Mr. NichollsHowever one reads the Report, one discovers that in 1950 they got 8s. 4½d. value, where today they get 8s. 11d.