§ Captain Ramsayasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what repre- 234W sentatives of shopkeepers and private traders are included in the bodies who are beginning to control the food supplies of the country?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonI assume that my hon. and gallant Friend refers to the Food Control Committees established in the area of every local authority by the Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1939, of which I am sending him a copy. Under Article 2 of this Order Food Control Committees in Great Britain must contain 15 members, of whom five must be trade members. The trade members must include a retail grocer, a retail butcher, two other representatives of retail food trades and an officer of a retail cooperative society. All the trade members must be engaged in their respective retail trades in the area of the Food Control Committee.