HC Deb 23 February 1953 vol 511 cc180-1W
Mr. Lewis

asked the Minister of Food to publish in HANSARD a table showing for each four-weekly ration period since October, 1951, the amount by which meat to wholesalers fell short of, or exceeded, the estimated entitlement; the retail value of such meat and the number of domestic rations which it represents.

Major Lloyd George

Wholesale distribution is under Ministry control. The following table shows, for each fourweekly period since October, 1951, to the latest date practicable, by how much issues of meat exceeded or fell short of butchers' total entitlements, the approximate retail value of such meat and approximately how many adult domestic rations it could represent:

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