HC Deb 08 December 1947 vol 445 c123W
85. Mr. Osborne

asked the Minister of Food, in view of the high prices which retailers are being forced to charge for nuts, if he will now make public the prices he obtained per lb. for each class of nut recently sold by auction.

Mr. Strachey

The average prices were: Bolivian brazils, 4s. 1d. per lb.; brazils, 6s. 6d. per lb.; filberts, 3s. 10d. per lb.; walnuts, 4s. per lb.