§ Sir J. Barlowasked the Minister of Food whether he will establish a part-time sub-office at Tarporley, Cheshire, in view of the difficulty and inconvenience, owing to the distance, in using the present food office.
§ Mr. StracheyThe number of sub-offices is limited by the urgent need for economy in the use of manpower. Many transactions with local food offices can be carried out satisfactorily by post and the occasions 199W on which a personal visit is necessary should be infrequent. Residents in Tarporley who shop in Chester are at liberty to use the Chester food office for any personal calls. There is a local welfare foods distribution centre open at Tarporley once a fortnight and a ration book distribution centre is opened there when new ration books are issued. I am satisfied that these facilities are all that I am reasonably justified in providing in existing circumstances.