§ Colonel ENGLANDasked the President of the Board of Trade if the Food Council has considered the desirability of publishing every week the wholesale prices of the chief articles of food, so that the consumer, wherever he may be, may be able to compare with them the retail prices which he has to pay?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERI have brought the hon. and gallant Member's suggestion to the notice of the Food Council, who will consider it.
§ Colonel DAYasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the London Master Bakers' Society are charging 9d. per quartern loaf for bread, while many shops throughout the London area are only charging 8éd. per quartern loaf; and will he say what, if any, action is contemplated?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe price recommended by the society to its members is not in excess of the Food Council's scale, and no action is contemplated.