§ Mr. BILLINGasked the Food Controller what system is employed for the purpose of allocating home-killed and frozen meats, respectively, to retail butchers; and what consideration, if any, is given to the class of trade carried on by these butchers before the War?
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Mr. ROBERTSPermits are issued to retail butchers by which they may obtain supplies based on the rationed requirements of the customers registered with them. They are allocated supplies of home-killed meat according to the proportion in which home-killed meat is available for their respective areas. The remainder of the supply is made up of frozen meat. All possible steps are taken to ensure the equitable distribution of home-killed meat. Under the rationing system it is not possible to give consideration to the class of trade carried on by individual retailers before the War; as such consideration would involve unequal distribution of the various qualities of meat available.