Orders of the Day — Government Bulk Buying

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 May 1949.

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Photo of Mr Evelyn Strachey Mr Evelyn Strachey , Dundee 12:00, 26 May 1949

I did not say that the Ministry of Food do not buy direct if they wish to, but I say they reserve the right to buy through firms in the grain trade acting as their agents, as they have done through these years, when they consider it right to do so. They reserve the right to continue to do it. That is a perfectly good answer to the hon. and learned Gentleman's question.