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32.
Squadron Leader Burden
asked the Minister of Food if the price of 1s. 8d. per pound paid for Mexican tinned beef in gravy is the cost of the net weight of the meat.
Mr. F. Willey
No, Sir, it is the cost of the pack.
Squadron Leader Burden
Did not the Minister try to ascertain what the liquid content of this pack was? Is not this another instance of buying a pig in a poke?