HC Deb 07 March 1951 vol 485 c437
53. Mr. W. R. A. Hudson

asked the Minister of Food the retail value of the weekly meat ration supplied to prisoners in His Majesty's gaols.

Mr. F. Willey

Supplies to prisons are at the same rate per head as the ordinary ration.

Mr. Hudson

Can the hon. Gentleman say how the ration authorised today compares with the quantities supplied in 1939? Would he agree that in those days more meat was available to prisoners in His Majesty's gaols than to the general public today?