HC Deb 30 April 1923 vol 163 cc997-8W
Mr. A. BENNETT

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his Department has the import duty, thereon, has been for each year since 1917?

Earl WINTERTON

The figures are as follows:

considered the Report of the Departmental Committee stating that milk is dearer than it ought to be owing to the charges of the wholesale dealers; and what action he proposes to take, if any be possible, in the interests of the consumer?

Sir R. SANDERS

I will consider, in conjunction with my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade, the desirability of discussing the question of the retail price of milk with representatives of the trade. In the meantime, I would point out that wholesale dealers and the trade generally have hardly had an opportunity of considering the views put forward by the Departmental Committee.