§ Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGEasked the Minister of Agriculture how the price at which foreign-milled flour is being sold in this country is affecting the working of the Wheat Act; whether he has any figures to show how much of this imported flour is made from soft wheat; and whether he can give instances of the amount of subsidy paid to foreign growers, millers, or exporters which affects the price at which this flour is sold in this country?
§ Mr. ELLIOTThe price of all wheat and flour affects the working of the Wheat Act, and I have no evidence that the price of foreign-milled flour by itself has any special influence in this respect. I understand that flour imported from France, Germany and Italy is largely made from soft native wheat. Such imports amounted to 2,720,000 cwt. in 1934. As regards the last part of the question, I understand that in France the exporter of native wheat (including flour) receives a payment of 75 francs per 100 kilos of native wheat exported.