§ 9. Mr. G. Brownasked the Minister of Food the total amount of money expended by his Department over the past 2½ years in buying coarse grains of no feeding value from British farmers; what steps were taken by his Department to examine the grain before purchase; and whether he will set up a public inquiry into this matter.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeNone. The 1951 and 1952 crops were not purchased by my Department. From the 1953 crop coarse grain of sound merchantable quality only was bought and handled for the Department by people thoroughly experienced in the trade. The last part of the Question does not, therefore, arise.
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