§ 56. Mr. Moyleasked the Minister of Food if he is aware of the death of John Thomas Taylor, South Road, Stourbridge, recently discharged from the R.A.F.; and why his Department refused an application for extra food which would have given him a better chance of resisting the illness from which he died.
§ Mr. StracheyThe application for extra food was examined urgently by my medical advisers, who did not consider that the course of the illness from which Mr. Taylor was certified to be suffering would be influenced by extra allowances of food. I am deeply sorry to learn of Mr. Taylor's death, but I cannot accept the view that the absence of extra food was in any way a contributory factor.
§ Mr. MoyleIs my hon. Friend aware that medical evidence given at the inquest stated that if extra food had been given to this man it would have prolonged his life by enabling him to offer greater resistance to his illness?
§ Mr. StracheyThe medical evidence submitted to me was in an exactly contrary sense.
§ Mr. MoyleIn view of the great interest which this matter has aroused, and because I cannot accept my hon. Friend's reply as being satisfactory, I propose to raise the question again on the Adjournment at the first opportunity.