§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the hon. Member for Eccles can expect to receive a reply to two separate inquiries about food prices submitted on 27th November and 11th December 1972; if this is the normal period of time required by his Department to reply; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GodberThe hon. Member for Eccles will by now have received replies to his letters. I am sorry about these delays and can assure him that we do not normally take as long as this to reply; but my Food Prices Unit has been under considerable pressure.