§ 13. Mr. Liptonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he invited the Food Standards Committee to consider further regulations governing the composition of flour and bread; and when he expects to get their report.
§ Mr. GodberIn May, 1956. My right hon. Friend hopes the Committee will be able to report by the end of this year.
§ Mr. LiptonIs not the hon. Gentleman aware that apparently this job is to take the best part of three years? Is the hon. Gentleman and his Ministry satisfied with the present state of affairs, by which all the goodness is taken out of the bread and flour and replaced by various artificial chemicals?
§ Mr. GodberI cannot accept the implication that the bread and flour are made worse, as the hon. Gentleman suggests. I think we had better await the Report. Surely it is better that the Committee should take a little longer and produce a sound Report than that we should seek to hurry it.