§ 9. Dr. Barnett Strossasked the Minister of Food whether he is aware of the benefit that adolescent workers would derive from an increase in their consumption of milk and milk foods; and what steps he proposes to take to take additional supplies of these foods available to them in canteens.
§ Mr. WebbI do realise how good milk is for young people. My hon. Friend will know that during the years of shortage special arrangements were made for adolescents to have priority supplies of milk at home and milk cocoa during their working hours in factories and other places of business. I am very glad that at present the good supply of milk has enabled me to remove all restriction on 15 its sale by canteens, and I hope that young people will take full advantage of this.
§ Dr. StrossIs my right hon. Friend aware that it is this class of young workers that is particularly prone to tuberculosis, and that although these foods are now very freely available there is a bar, in their cost, to their purchasing them? Will he use his influence to see that the cost to this class of workers is reduced in the factories?
§ Mr. WebbCost is another question. All I can do is to make the milk freely available, and that has been done.