HC Deb 01 June 1945 vol 411 cc493-4W
Professor Savory

asked the Minister of Food the reason for the losses incurred in

Column 1. Column 2.
s. d. s. d.
Bread … … … … 9per 4lb. 1 1 per 4 lb.
Flour … … … … 1 3per 6 lb. 1 9¼per 6 lb.
Oatmeal … … … … 3½per lb. 5 per lb,
Meat (home killed) … … … … 1 0¾ per lb. 1 4½ per lb.
Potatoes … … … … 7 per 7 lb. 10¾ per 7 lb.
Eggs … … … … 2 0 per doz. (large) 3 6¼ per doz. (large)
Eggs … … … … 1 9 per doz. (small) 3 3¼ per doz. (small)
Sugar (domestic) … … … … 4 per lb. 6 per lb.
Milk … … … … 9 per quart 10 per quart
Cheese … … … … 1 1 per lb. 1 4 per lb.
Bacon … … … … 1 10½ per lb. 1 11 per lb.
Tea … … … … 2 10 per lb. 3 0 per lb.

operating the British Restaurant undertaking at Belfast, against which the sum of £5,000 has been reimbursed; the total amount of such losses; and the financial results of the undertaking up to the latest convenient date.

Colonel Llewellin

The losses to which my hon. Friend refers were incurred during the financial year ending 31st March, 1942, in providing emergency meals after heavy air raids on Belfast, and they amounted for the year to £6,335. During the financial years 1942–43 and 1943–44 the Belfast British Restaurant undertaking, after providing £3,609 for the amortisation of capital expenditure, made a profit of £3,345.