§ Rear-Admiral Beamishasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that, owing to the controlled prices of foodstuffs applying all over the country irrespective of distance, traders near the source of supply are able to sell at those prices at a profit, while traders at a distance cannot do so, and, consequently, often do not stock the goods; and what action he proposes to take to remedy this situation and enable the public in the districts affected to obtain the same supplies as other people?
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Major Lloyd GeorgeI am aware of the difficulties to which my hon. and gallant Friend refers. Price control schemes provide in the case of several commodities that varying costs of transport do not adversely 'affect equitable distribution. This arrangement is being extended wherever practicable.