§ Major BORWICKasked the Minister of Food whether his attention has been called to statements that, owing to the deleterious qualities of Chinese flour, the Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies have discontinued their allocations of this flour to millers; whether the facts are as stated; what stocks of Chinese flour are still held by the Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies on Government account and what he proposes to do with these stocks?
§ Mr. McCURDYThere is no truth whatever in the rumour to which currency has unfortunately been given, that Chinese flour is deleterious to health. On this point I would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the answer given in this House by the Minister of Health on 22nd February to the hon. Member for Kettering (Mr. Waterson). Allocation of Chinese flour to millers has been discontinued, because the Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies have no more left to allocate, since substantially all the stocks in their possession are under contract to be sold.