§ Mr. Hollisasked the Minister of Agriculture when the date on which the winter period for egg prices will be announced will be fixed, in view of the fact that the absence of such a decision is of great inconvenience to poultry keepers.
Mr. T. WilliamsThe date on which the winter period will start has not yet been fixed, and in any event it will not be announced until shortly beforehand, so as to reduce any temptation to producers to hold back their eggs for the higher price, with consequential impairment of their freshness.