§ Sir JOHN SPEARasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food if proprietors of public schools are expected to limit the food supplied to their pupils in accordance with the requirements of the Food Controller, or can they vary or increase it on receiving representations from the parents or the doctor that the food is insufficient for growing lads?
Captain BATHURSTAs I informed the hon. Member for the Harborough Division, on the 22nd February, it is hoped that those in control of schools and other like institutions will realise that special consideration must naturally be given to the needs of growing boys and girls, and that, while every effort should be made to approach as nearly as possible to the voluntary scale, that scale may require modification in details and adjustment to circumstances. Representations from a, doctor or parent would naturally influence the decision.