HC Deb 08 August 1940 vol 364 cc460-1W
Mr. Jackson

asked the Lord Privy Seal on what special qualification the President of the Royal Society was selected as chairman of the Food Advisory Committee?

Mr. Attlee

The name of the committee to which my hon. Friend refers is the Scientific Sub-Committee on Food Policy. Among its members are men of distinction in various branches of science and it was thought appropriate that the President of the Royal Society should be asked to preside.