§ COLONEL LOCKWOOD (Essex, Epping)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if, when he mentioned the fact of contractors mixing frozen meat with home-killed meat, he meant home produce killed at home, or imported beasts merely killed at home?
§ *MR. WOODALLThe home-killed meat, of which 40 per cent. must be supplied, may consist either of home produce killed at home or of imported beasts slaughtered at the port of disembarkation. There would be great I difficulty in distinguishing between them.
§ COLONEL LOCKWOODMay I ask whether, in these circumstances, any soldier is ever certain that he has the chance of enjoying the roast beef of Old England?
§ MR. LOPES (Grantham)May I ask whether it would not be a fair description of the English soldier that he is "mainly manufactured abroad"?
§ [No further answer was given.]