HC Deb 16 November 1939 vol 353 cc839-40W
Major Courtauld

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will give an assurance that no control of meat pastes is contemplated, and that there will be no standardisation?

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

There is no present intention either to control meat pastes or to require standardisation.

Mr. Tomlinson

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many men are engaged in the Food Control Department at Manchester; and whether or not they are all paid officials?

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The staff engaged in the office of the Manchester Food Control Committee is at present 15, of whom seven are men and eight women. Of these one is unpaid. In the Divisional Food Office for the North-West of England, at Manchester, there are 22, of whom 14 are men and 8 women. Of these one is unpaid.