§ 37. Mr. BOWERMANasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food if he is aware that, although the Department has repeatedly urged on local authorities the necessity for establishing national kitchens, difficulty has arisen in obtaining the necessary equipment through the refusal of the Ministry of Munitions to grant a sufficiently high priority number for the manufacture of kitchen utensils; and whether he will make representations to the Ministry of Munitions with a view to a higher priority number being granted, in order that local authorities may be enabled to comply with the requests of the Food Controller?
Mr. PARKERThe Director of National Kitchens is satisfied with the priority accorded by the Ministry of Munitions, and arrangements have recently been made for the supply in substantial quantities of the raw materials required in the production of plant.