§ Sir J. Mellorasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that one effect of fixed maximum prices for rabbits is that it is usually 165W less profitable to sell them in the larger industrial towns, owing to cost of transport, than nearer a source of supply; and whether, in order to encourage the better distribution of rabbits, he will permit some local addition to maximum prices to cover transport costs?
Major Lloyd George:The answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative. The question of permitting some local addition to maximum prices to cover transport costs is being urgently considered and I hope that an announcement on the matter may be made shortly.
§ Mr. R. Morganasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, to encourage much-needed production, he will consider whether the present identical price for wild and tame rabbits is equitable, in view of the cost of the latter due to housing, food and attention?
Major Lloyd George:My Noble Friend's attention has been called to the position created by the present identical prices for wild and tame rabbits. The question is being considered in consultation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and I hope to be in a position shortly to inform my hon. Friend of the result.