§ 70. Commander Nobleasked the Minister of Food whether he will give consideration to the granting of extra milk to old age pensioners.
§ Dr. SummerskillI am very sorry, but milk supplies are not good enough for this.
§ Commander NobleWould the hon. Lady say if it might be possible to manipulate the existing allowances in some way so as to make the allowance which I have suggested?
§ Dr. SummerskillI should like to do it, but I must remind the hon. and gallant Member that there are 6½ million individuals in this country entitled to old age pensions, and, therefore, if we gave this extra allocation it would mean cutting down other priority classes.