§ Mr. WHYTEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food 805W whether he has received a memorial from the Association of Scottish Master Bakers asking for a revision of the Flour Prices Order of September, 1917; and whether he can amend the Order so that the present inequality of the treatment of flour users, due to the varying distance of the bakeries from the centres of flour supply, may be removed?
§ Mr. CLYNESThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The Flour and Bread (Prices)Order provides for the issue of licences enabling bakers to charge higher prices where it is proved that by reason of some exceptional circumstance sales cannot profitably be effected at the prescribed rate. Exceptional distance from a mill might reasonably be held, and has, in fact, been held to justify the issue of a provisional licence, but it is clearly desirable to adhere, so far as possible, to a uniform rate.