§ General CROFTasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether dealers in hay and straw after the D.P.O.S. has requisitioned hay and straw for Army horses from the farmer are allowed to buy from farmers at their own prices; whether, when farmers ask for a permit to sell to a civilian individual, the sale has to go through a dealer who may receive £2 per ton profit; and, if so, whether the Government will take steps to prevent this profiteering?
§ Mr. FORSTERMy right hon. Friend has asked me to answer this question. The answers to the first and second parts of the question are in the negative, and the third part does not therefore arise.