§ 19. Major LANE-FOXasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether there is or has been any system of rationing in force in Ireland, with the exception of hotels; whether, at the present moment, fresh meat, bacon, poultry, and butter are freely sold in unlimited quantities in the shops; and why, in view of the restrictions imposed on the rest of the United Kingdom, such conditions should be allowed in Ireland?
§ Mr. CLYNESThe only article at present rationed in Ireland is sugar. No recommendation in favour of the extension of rationing to meat or butter has at present been received from the Irish Food Control Committee, and, consequently, no statutory restrictions have been imposed on the sale of these articles except as regards their price. I am not prepared to accept the suggestion that Ireland is in all respects a land of plenty.