§ 20. Sir WILLIAM WAYLANDasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if, in view of the fact that British soldiers are to receive a daily ration of one and a-half ounces of butter during their sojourn in Manchester for the forthcoming military tattoo at Belle Vue, the butter supplied will be of home or Empire origin; and whether the butter normally issued as rations to the Army is exclusively of home or Empire origin?
§ Mr. COOPERButter does not form part of the ration normally issued to the Army, but at the discretion of the commanding officer it may be purchased regimentally out of the allowance in lieu of rations. The attention of commanding officers has been called to the desirability of purchasing produce of British origin. I am informed by the organisers of the Belle Vue Tattoo that all the supplies issued to the troops taking part in the tattoo will be products of the United Kingdom or some other part of the Empire.
§ Mr. P. OLIVERWill the butter be purchased in Manchester?
§ Mr. COOPERI cannot say.