HC Deb 23 October 1940 vol 365 cc1043-4
46. Mr. Rhys Davies

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food the difference in rations allowed as between soldiers billeted in private houses and the householders?

Major Lloyd George

The amounts of the weekly rations allowed to soldiers billeted in private houses and to householders in which there is a difference are respectively; sugar, 16 ounces and 8 ounces; bacon, 8 ounces and 4 ounces; meat, 72 ounces and 2s. 2d. retail price.

Mr. George Griffiths

Does the Minister think that a soldier requires so much more bacon than a collietr who has to get the coal to keep the country going?