§ 25. Mr. Rankinasked the Secretary of State for War what messing arrangements he has made for those soldiers who are vegetarians.
§ Mr. ProfumoSoldiers who are vegetarians, and who represent the fact to their superiors, are entitled to have special rations drawn instead of the basic scales of meat, bacon and sausage.
§ Mr. RankinI thank the right hon. Gentleman for the very full reply, which I received yesterday, about the soldier from my constituency whose situation provoked this Question. Can he tell me whether fish and eggs can be properly included in a vegetarian diet, and whether, if those two items are subtracted from the diet with which he furnished me, vegetarians would make as good soldiers as would beef-eaters?
§ Mr. ProfumoFar be it from me to give the hon. Member a lemon for an answer.
§ Mr. RankinDo not give me the bird.
§ Mr. ProfumoThat would not be vegetarian. I can tell the hon. Member that the items which are included instead of meat have a calorific value of 1,609.