§ Sir B. STANIERasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture if, since the price of the 1920 crop of wheat was settled at 76s., the cost of growing and marketing has gone up to between 95s. and 100s.; and what action he proposes to take to prevent land being laid down to grass again?
Sir A. BOSCAWENAs already stated in the official announcement, it is estimated that the fair equivalent of the 76s. wheat price in 1918 would be about 95s. to-day, and the increased prices authorised for the 1921 crop were intended to stimulate wheat growing to discourage the conversion of arable into grass.