HC Deb 06 February 1941 vol 368 c1108W
Sir J. Wardlaw-Milne

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade as representing the Ministry of Food, at what date the Starch (Farinaceous) Control was established; and what was the price of farina pre-war, at one month before control was instituted, and one month after, respectively?

Major Lloyd George

The Farina (Control and Provisional Prices) Order, 1940 (S.R. & O. No. 706) came into force on the 10th May, 1940.

The price of Farina ex wharf was:

  1. (a) Immediately before the war, from £10 10s. to £11 10s. per ton.
  2. (b) in 10th April, 1940, from £23 10s. to £25 per ton.
  3. (c) On 10th June, 1940, sales were "at a price to be fixed."

All stocks of farina in the country were requisitioned by the Ministry on dates between the 29th August and the 4th September, 1940, after which the price was provisionally put at £30 per ton and later reduced to £28 10s. per ton, the reduction being retrospective.