HC Deb 10 February 1922 vol 150 c478W
Mr. MARRIOTT

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any and, if any, what quantity of food remains under the control of his Department pursuant to the Ministry of Food (Continuance) Act, 1920, and the Ministry of Food (Cessation) Order, 1921; and what is the nature of, and the approximate value of, such food?

Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSON

Except for some few small adjustments involving an estimated value of about £25,000, the stocks which were in the hands of the Ministry of Food, including the Wheat and Sugar Commissions, on the 31st March last; have all been disposed of at a total of approximately £58,000,000;