§ Sir R. Taskerasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether it is an offence against the Defence Regulations for a person to offer to pay more than the appropriate maximum price for eggs than that set out in the Home-Produced Eggs (Maximum Prices) Order; what action is taken to prohibit payment in excess of the prices set out in the above Order; and whether he is aware that contravention of the maximum price regulations are taking place in the vicinity of camps?
§ Mr. BoothbyThe Order referred to provides that no person shall sell or offer or expose for sale or buy any eggs at a price exceeding the maximum price prescribed in the Order. I am not aware that contraventions of the maximum price regulations for eggs are taking place in the vicinity of camps but in any case where satisfactory evidence of contravention of the price regulations is furnished to the authorities the appropriate proceedings will be taken.