HC Deb 10 December 1919 vol 122 c1354W
An HON. MEMBER

asked the Minister of Food whether he will arrange for hay to be scheduled as a perishable commodity or adopt any other means of facilitating its transport in order to avoid both the shortage experienced at present in a number of urban districts and the deterioration of quantities of the material during transport?

Mr. A. NEAL

I beg to refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Transport on the 1st instant to a similar question put by the hon. Member for Ladywood to the effect that he was unable to support the suggestion that hay should be included in the category of perishable foodstuffs.

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