§ Mr. Will Owenasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress is being made to secure a voluntary restraint of prices; and whether he will make a progress report on his consultations.
§ Mr. PeartI am glad to say that, in the field of food and drink generally, the Government are receiving full cooperation in the voluntary restraint of prices. As to the consultations my Ministry has had on the arrangements to cover food and drink prices, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Fife, West (Mr. William Hamilton) on Wednesday, 2nd November.—[Vol. 735, c.90–1.]