HC Deb 19 December 1952 vol 509 cc293-4W
Mr. Lewis

asked the hon. Member for Woolwich, West, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, why the Kitchen Committee require to make a profit of ls. 7¼d. per lb. on the price of sausages sold in the Members' Tea Room.

Mr. Steward

In order to cover partly the cost of wages, the purchase of plant and equipment and other overheads.