§ 55. Mr. E. J. Williamsasked the Minister of Food what preparations are being made to provide an adequate amount of rationed and unrationed goods in evacuation areas.
§ Colonel LlewellinI have already arranged for increased supplies both of rationed and unrationed foodstuffs to be available to meet the needs of the increased population in reception areas, but evacuees will greatly assist us if, as soon as they settle in their new billets, they will notify their change of address to the local food office and register with retailers.
§ Mr. Evelyn WalkdenIs the Minister aware that a large amount of the tasty bits, that is to say those interesting foods which augment the normal dietaries, are not controlled by the Ministry in the direct sense? What is he doing to see about this augmentation in areas where there are now more mouths to feed?
§ Colonel LlewellinI am not sure what my hon. Friend means by tasty bits.
§ Mr. WalkdenI mean unrationed goods, which are undoubtedly to be seen at sea-side resorts but not in the ordinary industrial towns, like cooked hams, tripe, and pies and similar food which, in the normal inland towns, are not available.
§ Colonel LlewellinArrangements have been made so that manufactured foods such as pies and sausages will flow to those areas as well.