§ 60. Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Food if he will give an undertaking that, when existing contracts lapse, he will put an end to his Department's bulk purchases.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeIt is the Government's intention to discontinue State trading in foodstuffs as soon as practicable and we have made considerable progress in this direction. But an undertaking of the kind suggested without regard to possible exceptional or temporary circumstances would not be in the public interest.