§ 62. Major Legge-Bourkeasked the Minister of Food what was the estimated charge on the Exchequer involved in the guaranteed prices for potatoes this year; and what increased charge is involved as a result of his decision to buy surplus potatoes for processing into stock feed.
§ Mr. StracheyFixed growers' prices for ware potatoes cause loss to my Department only on the quantity offered by growers which cannot be resold for human consumption. Processing into stockfeed is one of the methods employed for utilising such surplus potatoes; but its cost, and that of the whole disposal programme, cannot be estimated until the extent of growers' offers is known.