Basic Subsidised Foods (Price Changes)

34.

Lieut.-Colonel Lipton
asked the Minister of Food whether he will publish a list of price changes in basic subsidised foods authorised from October, 1951, to date.

The Minister of Food (Major Lloyd George)
I will circulate a list in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Lieut.-Colonel Lipton
Can the right hon. and gallant Gentleman say, very briefly, whether the price changes from October, 1951, to the present date are better than or worse than the price changes from 1945–51, which he has already circulated in the OFFICIAL REPORT?

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|Bread                |½| |½|
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|Flour (plain)        | | |¾|
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|Meat (carcase)       | | ||
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|Bacon                | |½|
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|Butter               | | |
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|Margarine            | | ||
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|Cooking fat and lard.| | ||
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|Sugar                | | |½|
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|Milk (liquid)        |½| ||
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|Cheese               | | |
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|Tea                  | | ||
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|Ware potatoes        |¾| |¾|
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