Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 June 1947.
The maximum price for cakes of a defined quality was raised from 1s. 6d. per lb. to 2s. 6d. per lb. on 16th February, to enable bakers to meet recent increases in the cost of many ingredients and to make use of some of the more expensive ones, which are now becoming available again.