§ 45. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Prime Minister whether he will request the Director-General of Food Relief to issue a statement giving the amount of food which has been dispatched for the relief of the 20 populations of Germany and of Austria, and the amount which has reached the areas for which they are intended?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of FOOD (Mr. McCurdy)I have been asked to reply. No food has yet been sent into Germany, except into the areas occupied by Allied forces, and food will not be sent into that country until the German Government have fulfilled the preliminary conditions as to shipping and finance which have been laid down. Supplies are already at Rotterdam ready for delivery in the expectation that these conditions will be fulfilled. As regards German Austria, the Food Controller is informed by his representative on the Supreme Economic Council that about 45,000 tons of foodstuffs have been sent from various sources to this area and have reached their destination.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODHas any gone to Hungary yet?
§ Mr. McCURDYI should like notice of that.