Mr. C. WASONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food if the Food Controller has ordered 49W that no extra butter ration would be authorised except for individuals suffering from diabetes and tuberculosis; and if he is aware that persons suffering from a certain form of indigestion must die unless they are able to carry out their doctors orders, and assurances have been given by those high in authority that they would receive a permit?
§ Mr. CLYNESOn the advice of a Committee of Reference of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons and of the Central Medical War Committee, it has been decided by the Ministry of Food that, for the time being, extra allowances of butter and margarine can only be made to invalids suffering from tuberculosis, diabetes (glycosuria), coeliac disease, or pancreatic insufficiency. It is improbable that a committee composed largely of medical men in extensive consulting practice would have overlooked any form of indigestion such as that to which the hon. Member refers, but if he states the nature of it special inquiry can be made.