§ 77. Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food how persons are to get pork if they can only be registered at butchers for meat and pork is included in the definition of meat, seeing that few butchers sell pork; and will he make some arrangement whereby a person can register for pork at a pork butcher and for meat at a meat butcher, seeing that unless this is done in the designing of cards the person must go without pork altogether?
§ Mr. CLYNESCustomers are not required to register for pork. They may buy pork, on presentation of a meat card and detaching of the appropriate coupons, either from the butcher with whom they are registered for other butcher's meat or from any butcher who sells pork but not butcher's meat. This has always been the system outside London and the Home Counties, and these districts are now being brought into line in this respect.
§ Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEAm I to understand that this is a custom in London at this moment?
§ Mr. CLYNESYes.