HC Deb 20 March 1919 vol 113 c2217
44. Major LANE-FOX

asked the Food Controller whether it is by any authority from him that the Army Forage Department, having commandeered from Yorkshire farmers for Army purposes hay that they badly needed for their own use, are now distributing it to civilians other than the farmers from whom it was taken?

Mr. McCURDY

The answer is in the negative. The Food Controller has no knowledge of the transaction to which the hon. and gallant Member refers.