§ Sir E. Makinsasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to what extent it is intended to rely, in respect of rationing, on the manufacture of English butter; what steps are being taken to encourage it; and what percentage of the national butter consumption it is hoped to produce by this intensified effort?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonIn normal times home-produced butter constitutes some 3 to 5 per cent. of our consumption. It is hoped to maintain milk production at least at its present level, which is the highest since the inception of the Milk Marketing Schemes in 1933, but I am afraid that home butter production could only be increased at the expense of liquid milk and other milk products, such as cheese.