§ Mr. JACOBSENasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food if the wholesale selling prices of all beers are to be controlled, as well as the retail selling prices?
§ Mr. CLYNESClause 2 of the Beer (Prices and Description) Order, 1917, provides that where beer is sold by imperial measure in a public bar, the maximum 401W price for beer of an original gravity less than 1036 deg. shall be at the rate of 4d. per imperial pint, and for beer of an original gravity not exceeding 1042 deg., and not less than 1036 deg., shall be at the rate of 5d. per imperial pint. No further or other control of the price of beer is in contemplation.