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Overcharges

Volume 103: debated on Wednesday 6 March 1918

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asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether his attention has been drawn to cases of overcharge for margarine, oat meal, and meat at Cowdenbeath, Fife; whether these cases were all duly reported to the local food control committee; and what action is being taken in the matter

I am aware that a butcher at Cowdenbeath was convicted on 16th February for selling meat in excess of the maximum price, and fined £ 5, with the alternative of imprisonment for twenty days. I have no information as to the other cases of overcharge to which the hon. Member refers, but I am having inquiries made.