Major HENDERSONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that before the last schedule of maximum prices for fish was fixed the Glasgow Wholesale Fish Traders' Association was not consulted; why this association was ignored; and whether he wilt undertake to consult it on all such occasions in future?
§ Mr. McCURDYThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The Ministry of Food consulted one representative of the wholesale and one of the retail side of the Scottish trade with regard to the prices referred to. As the retail representative was a member of the Glasgow and District Fish Traders' Association, it was considered advisable to select the wholesale representative from another town in Scotland. With reference to the last part of the question, while it is the desire of the Food Controller that Scottish interests shall continue to receive every consideration, he cannot bind himself in advance to consult any particular body of traders on all such occasions.