HC Deb 05 March 1941 vol 369 cc909-10
30. Lieut.-Colonel Sir Thomas Moore

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider introducing two types of rations for the Forces, active and sedentary, and thus obviate the present anomaly of workers in Government Departments and elsewhere doing similar work but receiving different food according to whether they wear uniform or civilian clothes?

Mr. Law

With effect from 15th March, all military personnel in the United Kingdom who are living in lodgings or in their own homes, under conditions similar to those of civilian workers, will have their entitlement to purchase rationed foodstuffs reduced to that of civilians. This will, in general, have the effect of providing the civilian scale for those members of the Forces engaged in sedentary occupations.

Sir T. Moore

While I welcome that statement, will not my hon. Friend consider having the two types of rations, active and sedentary, which would remove any doubt as to the type of ration to which anyone would be entitled?

Mr. Law

I think that will be impossible from the point of view of administration.