Mr. NICHOLSONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food why, under the compulsory rationing scheme, the German prisoners of war in this country are to be allowed the same quantity of meat per head as the agricultural labourer?
§ Mr. CLYNESIt is proposed to allow the agricultural labourer a supplementary ration of meat. Prisoners of war can procure no substitutes, and their rations have been cut down to the utmost extent consistent with the standard of physical efficiency which; in the opinion of the medical officers, is essential for the satisfactory performance of work.