§ Mr. MILLARasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether any arrangement has been arrived at with the bakers' associations in England and Wales to limit the amount of yeast used in the baking of bread to 11/2lbs. per sack of flour; whether by limiting the use of yeast to that figure a saving of 148,200 tons of grain annually would be secured; and whether he will take steps to limit the amount of yeast used both in baking establishments as well as in private houses to the figure mentioned?
§ Mr. CLYNESThe amount of yeast used in the baking of bread varies according to the output of the bakery and the type of machinery employed; and this variation has made it impossible to come to any general arrangement. It is not, however, thought that the average greatly exceeds 11/2lbs. per sack of flour, nor is it clear that the limitation of yeast to that figure, if it were possible, would effect the saving of grain mentioned in the question. The cost of yeast encourages its economic use by bakers; any restriction on its use by private householders would be difficult to enforce.