§ COLONEL KENYON-SLANEY (Shropshire, Newport)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether any Militia battalion now out for training is being fed on frozen beef; and, if so, whether in view of the paragraph in the Supply Handbook for the Army Service; Corps which states that frozen beef is at present excluded from the contract;, as it is considered that the process of thawing the meat, which is essential before consumption, renders it unnutritous, he will take steps to secure that Militia officers sent to attend supply courses shall not find that the rules they are there taught are ignored by the authorities.
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) Frozen beef is being admitted on two days a week under present Army meat contracts. The instructions in the Supply Handbook, published in 1899, are now under revision. The improved conditions under which frozen meat is imported have justified experts in changing their opinion as to the nutritive value of such meat.