§ 19. Mr. Osborneasked the Minister of Food why his Department were the first to break the statutory price of new potatoes, in view of the fact that this action has caused confusion in the trade and prevented many English farmers from obtaining the control price.
§ Mr. StracheyAll new potatoes sold by my Department were sold at the prescribed prices, subject to allowance on the usual scale for defective lots. The quantity on which such allowances were granted was under 4 per cent. of the total sold for human consumption.