§ 53. Sir T. Mooreasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether his attention has been called to the theft of a lorry load of 73 bales of bacon in a North London street during one night; and whether food lorries are allowed to go out with one man only in charge?
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative. Officers of the Ministry are cooperating with the Police Authorities in investigating this matter, and I am informed that the lorry and more than two-thirds of the bacon have been recovered. In reply to the second part of the Question, there are no regulations requiring specifically that there should be an attendant in addition to the driver on any road vehicle which may on any occasion be employed for the carriage of food, other than those applicable generally to all mechanical road vehicles. The safe custody of goods in transit is normally the responsibility of the carrier concerned.
§ Sir T. MooreDoes not my hon. and gallant Friend think that it would be advisable to bring in such regulations, in view of the experience he has got? This is the second case of the kind.