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Mr. Hurd
asked the Minister of Food if he will give details of the application of the £246 million paid from the food subsidy account to cheapen consumers' prices in respect of home-produced food.
Mr. Webb
| ESTIMATED SUBSIDIES ON HOME-PRODUCED FOODSTUFFS. 1950–51 | ||
| Estimated Subsidy 1950–51 | ||
| £m. | ||
| Bacon | … | 24.7 |
| Bread and Flour | … | 19.7 |
| Shell Eggs | … | 23.3 |
| Carcase Meat | … | 37.3 |
| (a) Milk | … | 104.7 |
| (b) Butter | … | 1.7 |
| (b) Cheese | … | 3.8 |
| (c) Potatoes | … | 15.4 |
| Sugar | … | 0.5 |
| Sundries | … | 7.4 |
| 238.5 | ||
| Fertilizers | … | 7.5 |
| 246.0 | ||
| Notes: | ||
| (a) Includes Milk-in-Schools and National Milk Schemes. | ||
| (b) Includes subsidy on manufacturing milk. | ||
| (c) Includes acreage payments. | ||