HC Deb 05 June 1946 vol 423 c1999
60. Mr. Osborne

asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that bakers in certain Leicestershire villages have been selling as many as 50 loaves of bread a day to German prisoners of war; what has been the results of the police investigation in this case; and have other food supplies been sold in large quantities to these German prisoners.

Mr. Strachey

A baker selling bread to prisoners of war would be guilty of an infringement of a Prisoners of War Order of 1940. Prosecution for breaches of it would fall to the police and not to my Department.

Mr. Osborne

Has the Minister any information to give on the investigations that have been taking place in this case?

Mr. Strachey

That is a matter for the police, not for my Department.