51. Mr. Leslie Haleasked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that in recent meat allocations to Oldham there have been considerable proportions of excess fat to the detriment of the consumer; and what steps he proposes to take to prevent a recurrence of this.
§ Mr. WebbI think my hon. Friend is referring to ewe mutton. This has formed only a small proportion of recent meat224W allocations to Oldham. We cannot at present remove it from the ration, but we shall continue to do all we can to distribute it as evenly as possible throughout the country.