HC Deb 17 November 1949 vol 469 c234W
Mr. Harold Davies

asked the Minister of Food if he will give particulars of the persons working in his Department who have been seconded, and are paid, by private firms.

Mr. Strachey

A number of temporary officers in the Ministry have been seconded from private firms. In many cases they are receiving some payment from their previous employers but I do not know the details. All officers loaned to the Department in this way undertake not to favour, or to exercise executive control of, any food business.