§ Mr. FIELDasked whether there is a substantial margin of profit between the price paid by the Government for New Zealand lamb and the price the same is being offered at in the Central Meat Market, London; and who gets such profit?
Mr. RUNCIMANAs my hon. Friend will recognise, until I have received the accounts of receipts and of direct and indirect expenditure in connection with the consignments of New Zealand lamb which have recently been placed on the market, I shall not be in a position to state what, if any, profit has been made. As the meat sold is the property of His Majesty's Government the profit on any sales through their selling agents will accrue to the public exchequer.