§ Mr. FOOTasked the Minister of Agriculture if he can now state what steps are to be taken by his Department to deal with the gross disparity existing between the prices obtained by fishermen for their fish and the prices paid by the consumer?
§ Sir R. SANDERS:I have given further consideration to this subject, but I am afraid that I have nothing to add to the answer given to the question which the hon. Member addressed to me on the 14th December last.
§ Mr. FREDERICK MARTINasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the great disparity between the wholesale prices of fish at Billingsgate and the price at which fish, and especially kippered herrings, are retailed in London, and that, as a result, a valuable source of food supply is denied to people of moderate means; and whether he will order an inquiry into the subject?
§ Sir R. SANDERS:In view of the great differences in the prices at which fish, generally, is retailed in different parts of London, I am unable to ascertain and examine what is the great disparity referred to in the question, but if the hon. Member will send me full details as to the district, prices, kind and quality of fish that he has in mind, I will have inquiries made.