§ Mr. LYNCHasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that confusion has arisen in the orders as to the coupons of boarding establishments classed as residential hotels, the Victoria branch of Grosvenor House declaring that the coupons must be retained by the boarding establishment, and certain local authorities laying down a strict rule that the butcher must have them; and whether he will issue a clear order binding on all concerned in this matter?
§ Mr. CLYNESThere is a difference in the procedure prescribed for residential and catering establishments. In the case of the former the establishments collect the food and meat cards held by their residents and produce them to their suppliers on every purchase of butter, margarine, or meat. The suppliers thereupon cancel the appropriate spaces on the butter-margarine cards, or detach 491W coupons from the meat cards. In the latter case the coupons are cancelled or detached by the establishment. Every establishment in the London and Home Counties area has been informed by its food control committee in which category it is placed.