§ 109. Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenportasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether, with a view to obtaining greater stability in the bacon trade of this country, he will arrange to consult representatives of the British Bacon industry with regard to his future arrangements for releasing imported bacon for home consumption.
Mr. AmorySupplies of imported bacon are normally released as they are received. But our contracts allow the market situation in the United Kingdom to influence the flow of supplies. In the fixing of first-hand prices for them, my Department is advised each week by a panel on which the British bacon curing industry is represented.
DISPOSAL OF HOME-PRODUCED AND IMPORTED BACON IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, JUNE TO NOVEMBER, 1955, TOGETHER WITH THE PRICE TO WHOLESALERS OF DANISH "A" SELECTION BACON Month 1955 Disposals (weekly average) '000 tons Price to wholesalers of Danish "A" selection Home Produced Imported Total Date of price change Price per cwt. June … 4.5 6.5 11.0 7th April … 220/- 9th June … 238/- 23rd June … 248/- July … 4.1 6.7 10.8 30th July … 254/- 14th July … 274/- August … 4.1 5.6 9.7 21st July … 286/- 11th August … 296/- September … 4.4 5.0 9.4 18th August … 316/- 25th August … 328/- October … 4.8 5.6 10.4 20th November … 310/- 4th December … 296/- November (provisional) … 5.1 5.8 10.9