§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Prime Minister whether, as part of subsequent phases of the prices and incomes policy, he will reconsider the need to subsidise the prices of certain key foods.
§ Mr. GodberI have been asked to reply.
The Government have given the most careful consideration to this matter but they do not feel that such a course is 419W practicable in the conditions of a free market, and to depart from a free market would not be in the interests of the consumer.