§ 66. Mr. Dumpletonasked the Minister of Food whether, in view of his inability at present to add old people to the priority classes for milk, he will restrict the supply of tinned milk to non-priority classes so that they may be more able to make up the deficiency in fresh milk.
SUBSIDIES ON INDIVIDUAL FOODSTUFFS, 1947–48. — Unit. Subsidy per unit. Pence. Estimated Total Subsidy. £ million. Bread (including Wheat) (acreage payment) 3½ lb. 5 52.3 Flour 7lb. 11¼ 35.9 Shell Eggs Doz. 24¾ 27.1 Carcase Meat lb. average 4¼ 61.1 Milk quart 1½ 37.5 Sugar lb. 2 27.0 Cheese lb. 11½ 22.5 Butter lb. 11 24.0 Margarine lb. 2¾ 7.1 Lard lb. 9¼ 1.6 Compound Cooking Fat lb. 1¾ 1.0 Bacon and Ham lb. 10 17.3 Tea lb. 5¾ 9.0 Potatoes (including acreage payment) 7lb 2½ 19.8 (a) Vegetables, other than potatoes, and fruits are not subsidised. (b) There are also subsidies on Animal Feedingstuffs, Welfare Foods, Milk in Schools and National Milk Schemes, borne by the Ministry of Food, on Fertilizers borne by the Board of Trade, and payments made for agricultural purposes by the Agricultural Departments.