§ 47. Mr. LOUGHasked the Prime Minister whether quantities of frozen and other meats have been transferred from this country to France; whether no meatless days, nor limitation of the number of meals at which meat can be furnished daily, exist in that country; and whether, to maintain the principle of equal sacrifice, the Government will order these Regulations to be discontinued here until they are adopted in France, especially having regard to the fact that there is no special scarcity of meat here apart from that caused by the regulation of prices to producers made by the Food Controller?
§ Mr. CLYNESI have been asked to reply. No meat has been transferred from this country to France for civilian purposes. I understand that the consumption of meat in France is not at present the subject of any statutory restriction, but that the French Government have under consideration measures for limiting the amount consumed, including the institution of meatless days. I am glad to think that in this country equality of distribution has compensated in no small degree for the restrictions made necessary by inadequate supplies.