§ Mr. Lipsonasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what articles of food are now being subsidised; and what is the annual cost of the subsidy given to each?
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Major Lloyd GeorgeThe foodstuffs at present subsidised are bread and flour, meat, milk, tea and oatmeal, the annual rate of subsidy being approximately £80,000,000 of which the greater part is represented by the subsidy on bread and flour and on meat. I regret that I am not able to give the amount of the subsidy commodity by commodity.