HC Deb 08 October 1940 vol 365 c230
23. Captain Anstruther-Gray

asked the Secretary of State for War, whether he will give an assurance that adequate coal will be supplied to troops during the winter; and whether an extra ration will be authorised for those in particularly cold billets, in view of the fact that coal supplies are plentiful throughout the country?

Mr. Eden

Yes, Sir.

Captain Anstruther-Gray

Will my right hon. Friend make some differentiation between the rations to soldiers in comfortable billets and those to soldiers in cold billets, such as houses which have not been inhabited for several years?

Mr. Eden

That is a rather different classification, but I think that generally my answer meets my hon. and gallant Friend's point.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

Before the right hon. Gentleman worries about coal, will he see that men now under canvas are put into huts before the winter?

Mr. Eden

That is another question.

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