§ 11. Mr. Hurdasked the Minister of Food if the seasonal allowances of tea, sugar, cheese and bacon made to farms workers, during the periods when they are working extra long hours, are being maintained at the same rates as last year; and if he has been able to agree a method of issuing these seasonal allowances direct to farm workers.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeNo change has; been made in the allowances. There have been consultations about the possibility of changing the method of issue 759 and I am now considering the matter but, as my hon. Friend knows, there are great difficulties.
§ Major Legge-BourkeWill my right hon. and gallant Friend bear in mind that the regulations regarding the issue of these rations fall particularly heavily on those employers who sometimes employ many hundreds of men for strawberry picking, and so on, and will he treat the matter as one of extreme urgency?
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeAll these factors have been taken into consideration. The matter is being carefully examined now, but there are great difficulties involved.