§ Mr. R. Gibsonasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether, in making arrangements for rationing, he will take steps to ensure that an individual may register at any one shop for a particular 358W item rationed, and thus safeguard to some extent, the position of small shopkeepers?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonI am glad of the opportunity to reassure the hon. and learned Member and the small shopkeepers on this point. Each consumer will be free to choose the retailer with whom he wishes to register for rationed foods and to register with different retailers for each rationed food. The smaller retailers will be provided with supplies of rationed foods for their registered customers on the same scale as the bigger shops and I hope that members of the public will, so far as possible, register with those retailers with whom they have hitherto bought these foods.