§ 76. Mr. Turtonasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that processed waste which was sold to pig keepers in April at a price of £4 10s. per ton delivered is now being sold at a price of £7 1s. 8d. per ton delivered; and why he has permitted this increase of 57 per cent, in the price charged.
§ Mr. J. EdwardsThe maximum price of concentrated kitchen waste was increased from £4 10s. to £6 a ton under the Kitchen Waste Order, 1949, which came into force on 2nd May last. The order permits the addition of transport charges, plus specified charges for the supply of bags. The maximum price was increased on the withdrawal of Government subsidies, and the new prices, which are based on the average costs of production, bring this feedingstuff into line with the prices of other feedingstuffs.