§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Minister of Health the retail price of milk in the city of Manchester on a convenient date for each week since 1st January, 1932; and, if there has been an increase in the price, whether part or the whole of the increase has been passed on to the producer?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONI have been asked to reply. According to my information, the predominant retail price of loose milk in Manchester was raised from 5½d. to 6d. a quart at the beginning of January and remained at 6d. until 27th February; on 28th February the price reverted to 5½d. For bottled milk the price has been higher, throughout, by ½d. a quart. I am unable to say how much of the increase in prices during January and February was passed on to the producers, but I understand that the majority of retailers paid increased prices for their supplies of milk as from December in some cases and from January in others.