HC Deb 01 June 1945 vol 411 c494W
Sir L. Lyle

asked the Minister of Food if he will provide a table showing the present retail price of those foods which are assisted by Government subsidies, showing in each case what the retail price of each item would be but for the subsidy.

Colonel Llewellin

The following table shows in Column 1the present retail prices, as ascertained for the computation of the Cost-of-Living Index, of the principal subsidised foodstuffs, and in Column 2 the estimated retail price of each item if the amount of the subsidy were to be provided by an increase of price: