§ Mr. J. E. B. Hillasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will make a statement on the future level of the maximum retail price of milk.
Mr. AmoryThe maximum retail prices of all grades of liquid milk will be reduced by ½d. a pint on 1st April. This seasonal reduction will continue until 1st July when the maximum retail prices will revert to the present levels.
It is not intended to make any further retail price changes during the financial year apart from the usual seasonal increase of ½d. a pint in England and Wales in the price of Channel Islands and South Devon milks (other than farm bottled grades) for the months of September, October and November.