§ 45. Mr. BOOTHBYasked the Prime Minister whether the Minister for the 902 Co-ordination of Defence, the Minister of Agriculture, or the President of the Board of Trade is responsible for the policy of His Majesty's Government regarding the food supplies of this country?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Baldwin)Responsibility for policy rests with the Government as a whole. As indicated on 22nd April by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, a special committee which is under his chairmanship is now engaged on a re-examination of the whole question of food supply in an emergency, and as I informed my hon. Friend on 2nd April, various aspects of the question are dealt with in the appropriate Department.
§ 46. Mr. BOOTHBYasked the Prime Minister whether, in formulating a policy for food production and supplies in this country, His Majesty's Government will take into special consideration the question of nutrition?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI can assure my hon. Friend that the important questions of nutrition are receiving due consideration in connection with the problem of food supplies now under review.
§ Mr. BOOTHBYIn view of the wide area covered by this question and the number of ministries involved, does not the Prime Minister think that it would be advisable to set up a permanent committee, rather than a mere temporary committee under the Committee of Coordination of Defence, in order to consider this question and to formulate a policy? I beg to give notice that I will raise this matter at the earliest opportunity on the Adjournment.