§ Mr. BOWERMANasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether his Department is vested with powers to prevent a butcher from supplying extra meat to a sick person upon the presentation of a doctor's written recommendation?
§ Mr. CLYNESYes, Sir. A butcher can only supply meat on production of a meat994W coupon. Food Control Committees are empowered to grant additional rations in certain prescribed cases of disease on presentation of a doctor's certificate.
§ Mr. PRINGLEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether the Food Controller has received protests from co-operative societies in the Glasgow district against the method of allocating meat supplies, which prevents these societies obtaining the supplies to which they are entitled; and, if so, whether he proposes to take any action in the matter?
§ Mr. CLYNESProtests with regard to the method of allocation of meat supplies have been received from co-operative societies in the Glasgow district. The difficulties complained of were due to the fact that, whereas these societies had in the past supplied only a certain number of their members with meat, on the introduction of a temporary scheme of rationing for the district, a much larger proportion of their membership wished to obtain meat, from the societies. Steps have now been taken to ensure the allocation of meat, within the limits of the supplies available, on the basis of the number of registered customers.