§ Mr. Horabinasked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that a person who loses a ration book loses the whole of the tea and soap ration, as well as all the personal and other points for one whole month; and, as this is too severe a penalty, whether he will take steps to see that those in these circumstances are not deprived in future of these necessities.
§ Colonel LlewellinThe answer to the first part of the Question is "No, Sir," except in the case of personal points, which are not normally replaced in respect of the four-weekly period in which they are lost. The second part of the Question does not, therefore, arise.