§ Mr. Chetwyndasked the Minister of Food whether he will give a table of subsidised food commodities giving the amount of the subsidy in each case for 1950–51; and the estimated subsidy for 1951–52, giving the figures of home produced and imported food separately.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeAs regards the first part of the Question I would ask the hon. Member to await the issue of 333W the Ministry of Food's trading accounts, which will be published very soon and will provide him with the detailed information he required.
The ceiling for food subsidies in 1951–52 is £410 million representing about £250 million on home production and about £160 million on imports.