asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the quantity of wheat and flour imported during the past two months; and whether, in view of these imports, there will be an improvement in the quality of bread.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Quality of Bread.
The imports of wheat and flour during September and October were approximately 13,000 tons of wheat and 2,500 tons of flour. I am not in a position to indicate when it may be possible to improve the quality of flour and bread.
Will the Minister say— and I think it requires saying—that while the present quality of bread is admittedly unpalatable, it is a mistake to assume that it is injurious to health —that the maltose which makes it unpalatable is not really indigestible and is not calculated to injure anybody?
There is a question on that subject on the Order Paper to-day for the Minister for Local Government. There is no question that the bread is not a suitable food.
It is unpalatable, but it is not injurious to health.