§ 53. Mr. Errollasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what commodities the cost-of-living subsidies are applied; and the amount by which each commodity has been so subsidised during the most recent convenient accounting period.
§ Mr. Dalton:The commodities affected by the cost-of-living subsidies, and the approximate cost in the financial year 1945–46, are shown in the following table. Before 1st September, 1945, no loss was incurred on Lend-Lease foodstuffs.
Bread, flour and oatmeal 60.1 Eggs, fresh, frozen and dried 28.5 Meat 28.5 Milk 24.0 Potatoes 22.9 Sugar 19.1 Cheese 10.8 Butter 8.5 Dried and condensed milk 4.2 Dried fruit 3.9 Tea 3.5 Bacon 2.6 Margarine, cooking fats, oils, net 1.0 Pulses and soya products 0.5 Net gain on other foodstuffs, etc. cr. 0.8 National milk and milk-in-schools schemes 20.0 Other welfare schemes 3.4 Animal feeding stuffs 18.1 Fertilisers 6.5 Contribution to New Zealand subsidies 4.0 Total foodstuffs, etc. 269.3 Clothing 4.9 Raw Materials 2.1 Coal transport 1.0 Total, all items 277.3