Mr. De la Bèreasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will have published in the OFFICIAL REPORT the prices of foodstuffs fixed by the Cereal Control Board?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonThe Cereal Control Board's list of prices is at present being revised. As soon as the new list is ready, I will circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Mr. De la Bèreasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) whether it is the intention of the Government to permit the Cereal Control Board to continue to earn profits; and whether such profits 90W earned are for the account of the Government or for private enterprise;
(2) whether, in connection with the profits earned by the Cereal Control Board, he will consider allocating some percentage of these profits for the purpose of subsidising and reducing the prices of feeding-stuffs to stock-raising farmers?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonAny profits and equally any losses made by the Cereal Control Board, which is a branch of the Ministry of Food, will be for Government account ,and the intention is that, if possible, the Ministry's operations should balance. The prices of feeding-stuffs are already being subsidised and are fixed for the time being at approximately prewar levels.