§ Major WHELERasked the Minister for Agriculture if he can give details showing how the present average cost of the 4 lb. loaf of bread at 9d. is made up, as compared with the cost of the 4 lb. loaf at 5½d. in 1914?
§ Sir R. SANDERSPrices of wheat are now 28 to 36 per cent. higher than they were at this date in 1914. Millers' and bakers' costs have. also, I am informed, increased substantially, but I am unable to give details of these costs. I am afraid that I cannot add to the reply given to the hon. Member for Mansfield (Mr. Bennett) on the 19th instant. The Committee recently appointed by me to inquire into the distribution and prices of agricultural produce in Great Britain will investigate the subject of wheat and bread prices.