HC Deb 15 May 1947 vol 437 c179W
Sir W. Smithers

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether, in view of the fact that the price of staple foods has risen by 22 per cent. and industrial wages by 65 per cent., he will make drastic reductions in the amount paid by the taxpayer in food subsidies and thus allow the law of supply and demand to operate.

Mr. Dalton

I have nothing to add to what I said in my Budget speech.