HC Deb 10 September 1909 vol 10 cc1715-6W
Mr. RENTON

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether Chinese pork is supplied to His Majesty's prisons?

Mr. GLADSTONE

The pork used in convict prisons is obtained from the Admiralty and the Parkhurst Prison Farm. The Admiralty get no Chinese pork. A very small quantity of pork is used in a

few local prisons, and is purchased from the local meat contractors. The Commissioners are unable to say whether the pork obtained from the local contractors is Chinese or not.

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