§ 27. Mr. Stewardasked the Minister of Food the approximate total cost of the annual subsidy allocated for rationed cheese for 1949–50; the approximate weekly subsidy to the consumer per ration; and what effect he estimates that the removal of the subsidy would have on the cost of living index figure.
§ Mr. WebbJust over £20 million, representing a subsidy of about a penny farthing a week to ordinary consumers and 7d. a week to agricultural workers and others receiving special rations. The removal of the subsidy would raise the Interim Index of Retail Prices by about half a point.