§ Sir R. BLADESasked the Minister of Health whether the Committee he has appointed to inquire into the use of preservatives and colouring matters in food can have the terms of reference widened to include the use of improvers in flour, which would not come under the description of either preservatives or colouring matters?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINAs at present advised I should hesitate to enlarge the terms of reference to this Committee, as the scope of their inquiry is already extensive. I may refer my hon. Friend to the Report issued by the Local Govern- 73W ment Board in 1911 (Cd. 5613) on the bleaching of flour and the addition of so-called "improvers" to flour.