§ Colonel Burtonasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he can state details of the reduction in costs of poultry food which led to the official scaling down of the price of home-produced eggs?
§ Mr. JohnstoneThe price of home-produced eggs is not determined solely by the price of poultry food but is also influenced by the volume of egg production. At this season of the year the production of eggs is increasing and the reduction in price was made in recognition of this fact.