§ 60. Mr. Osborneasked the Minister of Food what are the unusual payments made in continuation of pre-war arrangements in calculating manufacturing costs for margarine; how much they amount to annually; and why are they continued.
§ Mr. F. WilleyThe payments to which the hon. Member refers arise out of trading agreements between individual firms made before the war but still in operation. I cannot give any further details concerning them without violating the confidence of firms whose private arrangements have been disclosed to us for the purpose of our control; and this we are not prepared to do.