LIEUT.-Colonel SPENDER CLAYasked the Food Controller whether he is aware that an impression exists to the effect that it is equally culpable to sell controlled articles below the authorised maximum price as above; and what steps he can take to make the position clear.
§ Mr. McCURDYThe Food Controller has repeatedly emphasised the distinction between maximum and fixed prices; andhedoes not consider that the impression1454W to which the hon. and gallant Member refers can be at all general. I may add that a considerable proportion of sales is made below authorised maximum prices.