§ Miss Eleanor Rathboneasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that a large proportion of the bread shops in London are refusing to stock the national wheatmeal loaf; and, in view of the large public expenditure in advertisements urging the public to buy this loaf, will he consider making its supply compulsory?
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe answer to the first and last part of my hon. Friend's Question is in the negative. More than 3,000 bakers and bread shops as well as the majority of the wholesalers and cooperative societies are already co-operating with my Department in popularising the sale of national wheatmeal bread in London.
§ Mr. Stokesasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether instructions to millers regarding flour for the 85 per cent. wholemeal loaf include a provision that the whole of the germ should be left in the flour?
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe instruction to millers states that national wheatmeal shall contain as much of the germ as possible and the tests which have been carried out on various samples show that the desired objective is being attained.