HC Deb 23 October 1941 vol 374 c1921W
Sir W. Smithers

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that the giving of the £10 per acre subsidy on potatoes encourages the bad farmer and penalises the good; and will he, in any future arrangements, take steps to pay the subsidy on tonnage and not on acreage?

Major Lloyd George

The answer to both parts of my hon. Friend's Question is in the negative.