§ 53. Sir B. FALLEasked the Prime Minister whether, before the discontinuance of the manufacture of dog biscuits and the consequent suffering or premature slaughter of a number of valuable dogs and dogs valued by their owners, he will see that the stores used in feeding the meat gating, grain consuming, the grass, hay, and root feeders at the Zoological Gardens, where animals, birds, etc., are kept in lifelong confinement in narrow limits, shall first be given up?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of FOOD (Mr. Clynes)I have been asked to reply. The question of releasing a limited amount of flour for the manufacture of dog biscuits has been referred for the decision of the War Cabinet.