§ 8. Mr. de Freitasasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether, in drawing up regulations dealing with the sale of milk bread, he will ensure that no bread shall be able to be sold under the description of milk bread unless it contains pure milk.
§ Mr. SoamesI have noted the hon. Member's suggestion, but I am not at present in a position to make a statement.
§ Mr. de FreitasIs the Minister aware that there is a good deal of interest in this matter, since the ice-cream nonsense and the mock milk business, and will he look at it again? If he cannot guarantee it to contain milk, will he guarantee it to contain bread?
§ Mr. SoamesAs the hon. Gentleman knows, we have put out our suggestions, and there have been large numbers of comments, representative of all shades of opinion. I cannot say more than that I take the point raised by the hon. Gentleman.
§ Mr. LiptonWill the Minister say how much longer it will be before he makes up his mind about the bread problem, because in the meantime the public are being fobbed off with all kinds of soggy stuff?
§ Mr. SoamesThis question specifically relates to milk bread, which, ever since before the war, has been made from skimmed milk, as opposed to whole milk. The question is one of labelling—of what the labels and the nomenclature should be on bread made from skimmed milk and that made from whole milk.