HC Deb 04 November 1929 vol 231 c637W
Mr. W. THORNE

asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that on Friday last the price of nine-stone pigs on the London Meat Market was 1s. 2½ d. per pound wholesale and 12–13 stone 1s. 0½ d., and that in the principal suburban marketing centres of London prices charged for retail pork joints average 3d. per pound in excess of the prices in operation when the Royal Commission on Food Prices was appointed in 1924; and, in view of the Board of Agriculture's Report on the marketing of pork and bacon that the effect of the Conti-

Year. England and Wales. Scotland.
Wheat. Oats. Wheat. Oats.
Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres.
1924 1,544,084 2,037,948 49,449 955,535
1925 1,499,628 1,868,176 48,617 925,995
1926 1,592,212 1,863,908 53,777 940,073
1927 1,635,980 1,751,146 66,577 897,370
1928 1,395,543 1,762,716 58,227 878,436