Nutrition and Food Supplies
1936-09 1936 1930s 33 pages : illustration meals. The Regulations issued in December, 1934, by the Unemployment Assistance Board prescribed that all meals beyond a certain number shall be taken into account in assessing an applicant’s needs. Tariffs and Import Restrictions The Governmen...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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London : The Labour Party
September 1936
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/8055DEC9-3B5A-4817-A978-1C4B680A5F2F http://hdl.handle.net/10796/45BD9776-2A52-4A24-B179-8C287058434B |
| Summary: | 1936-09
1936
1930s
33 pages : illustration
meals. The Regulations issued in December, 1934, by the Unemployment Assistance Board prescribed that all meals beyond a certain number shall be taken into account in assessing an applicant’s needs. Tariffs and Import Restrictions The Government’s Tariff Schemes include food imports. The effect of food taxes on prices has been largely neutralised by the prevailing low world prices of recent years. But in 1934 housewives paid £19 millions more in food taxes than in 1931. Without the taxes imposed by the National Government, this amount would have been available for additional food, and it is certain that in the lowest incomes groups the money would have been spent on food. The import duty on butter is 15/- per cwt.; on condensed milk 5/- to 6/- per cwt.; on fresh eggs 1/ -to 1/9 per 120; on tomatoes 1d. and 2d. per lb.; on various fresh fruits 1d. per lb. to 9/4 per cwt. Since 1932 agreements have been made with various exporting countries — with a bias in favour of Empire countries — for the restriction of imports, on a quota basis, of a number of foodstuffs — bacon and hams; condensed and powdered milk; chilled and frozen beef, mutton and lamb; eggs, wheat and potatoes. In the case of bacon, the anticipated increase in home production did not materialise, and there has been a sharp increase in price. As a result bacon has disappeared from many tables, while the Danish producer is now receiving much more money for much less bacon. The price of condensed milk has risen as a result of import restriction, hitting the poor housewife who relies on condensed milk because fresh milk is too dear for her. Wheat Act The Wheat Act passed in 1932 guaranteed a price of 10/- per cwt. for home-grown wheat, up to a limit of 27,000,000 cwts. in any year — no matter what price the wheat might fetch in the market. The Wheat Commission puts a levy on every sack of flour, both imported 19
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