asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that certain local authorities have substituted dried milk for liquid milk in their relief to the children of necessitous persons; and whether, in view of the effect on public health, he will advise the local authorities concerned against the continuance of this practice?

No, Sir. I have not been informed of such a change of practice as is suggested.

asked the Minister of Agriculture what changes there have been in the retail prices of meat in this country, either of homegrown, Empire, or foreign origin, respectively, since the Agricultural Marketing Act, 1931, was placed on the Statute Book?

I have been asked to reply. The average retail prices of beef, mutton and bacon at 1st August, 1931, and 1st April, 1933, as ascertained for the purpose of the official statistics relating to changes in working-class cost of living, were as shown below. Separate figures are not available in respect of meat imported from Empire sources as distinct from meat of foreign origin.