§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what machinery exists for the dissemina- 606W tion and enforcement of the Statutory Order defining national wheatmeal flour; whether he is aware that notwithstanding this Order national wheatmeal flour of 85 per cent. extraction may consist merely of white straight run flour with added bran; and whether this composition accords with the specification furnished by the Medical Research Council in its Second Momorandum, published in the spring of 1941?
Major Lloyd GeorgeNational wheatmeal is made by controlled flour millers, and, in the manufacture of this product, they are bound by the Statutory Order defining national wheatmeal and also by the more precise instructions regarding its manufacture which were issued to secure adherence to the recommendations of the Medical Research Council. My Noble Friend has the necessary powers to secure compliance with such Orders and instructions. A composition consisting of white straight run flour with added bran would not accord with the specification of the Medical Research Council, nor would it be in accordance with the manufacturing instructions issued to millers. I should be glad if my hon. Friend would furnish me with particulars of any case where such a composition is being sold as national wheatmeal.