§ Mr. Ecclesasked the Minister of Food whether he will allow extra bread to children who are attending schools where dinners are not provided and who cannot go home to their midday meal.
§ Mr. Strachey:I am taking care to make children's rations sufficient for their needs so that such an arrangement will not be necessary.
§ Mr. Ecclesasked the Minister of Food whether he will make the qualification extra bread for manual workers, over and above the 15 ozs., not the receipt of the extra cheese ration, but the necessity to take a packed meal to work.
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§ Mr. Strachey:I shall have met the real needs of most classes of manual workers for whom the 15 oz. ration is not enough, and who are unable to supplement it at canteens, by granting this special allowance to classes of workers eligible for the special cheese ration. I shall however be willing to consider the claims of other classes in consultation with the Trades Union Congress.