§ Mr. DEVLINasked the Minister of Food if he is aware that the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland is now the responsible authority for enforcing the Food Control Orders for Ireland; was this Department constituted in the interests of producers only; having regard to the decision of the Cabinet recently announced to prolong the existence of the Food Ministry, will he reestablish the Food Control Committee for Ireland and revoke the Order transferring the functions of that Committee to the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, which is not regarded as capable of acting in the interests of the consumer; and, if so, whether he will make provision for direct representation of the workers on the new Committee?
§ Mr. McCURDYThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative, and that to the second part is in the negative. It is not thought that the interest in production of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland adversely affects its power to enforce the Orders of my Department in that country.