HC Deb 24 January 1951 vol 483 c25W
74. Sir W. Smithers

asked the Minister of Food to state, on an annual basis, the cost of granting retail butchers a rebate of 2s. 3d. in the £.

Mr. Webb

The present rebate of 2s. 3d. in the £ on butchers' wholesale purchases of meat amounts to about £300,000 per week. If this rate were maintained over the whole year the annual cost would be £15,600,000.