MR. F. GREENasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, as the price of pigs in Chicago is at present 6½d. per lb. and the price of good-class sides of bacon 9d., he will arrange with the Food Controller that all food, whether controlled by the Food Ministry or otherwise, shall come under the Profiteering Act, so that differences such as between 9d. per lb. for bacon in Chicago and 2s. 6d. per lb. in England may be analysed by the Investigation of Prices Committee?
§ Sir A. GEDDESBacon, hams, and lard are under the control of the Ministry of Food, and maximum wholesale and retail prices are fixed by Orders of the Food Controller. As the Profiteering Act does not apply to articles which are controlled, I am unable to take the action suggested in the hon. Member's question.