§ 57. Mr. Bossomasked the Minister of Food if he is satisfied that all the tinned food stored in the Cheddar Gorge is still in a fit condition for human consumption; and what steps he is taking to ensure the use, as food for pigs, of any proportion of this food which may from time to time cease to be suitable for human food, but still be fit for. pig-food.
§ Mr. StracheyMy Department is not storing any tinned foodstuffs in the Cheddar Gorge.
§ Mr. BossomIs the Minister aware that there is a very large quantity of food being stored by the Government in Cheddar Gorge, and that a lot of it is being wasted? It is going bad for lack of attention.
§ Mr. StracheyI made inquiries of my colleagues on this matter, and the nearest I could get to it was that the War Department and the N.A.A.F.I. have supply depots some five miles from Cheddar Gorge.
§ Mr. BossomBut a tremendous quantity of food is being wasted there. It is not being looked after by anybody.