§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will issue instructions to local food officers to issue extra tea and sugar rations to night fire watchers who require some refreshment during a 12-hour tour of duty at night?
Major Lloyd GeorgeMy Noble Friend is considering whether it is practicable to make some arrangements for the issue of rationed refreshments for consumption by fire watchers on duty at night but as at present advised he does not consider that the supply situation will admit of any concessions. In the circumstances he feels sure that fire watchers will as a rule be willing to provide their own refreshment.