§ Colonel Baldwin-Webbasked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that in many districts, such as in Shropshire, there are thousands of miners whose staple food is cheese and bacon which is taken to the pit with them; and whether, in the circumstances, he will consider an increase of the normal ration of bacon to enable these men to secure their daily food of a nature which is necessary to the fulfilment of their activities?
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§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI am aware of the large consumption of bacon by certain classes of workers such as those to whom my hon. Friend refers. The individual bacon ration is now eight ounces a week, but in addition there is a number of cuts of bacon which are available free of the ration, and it has not yet been represented to my right hon. Friend that miners or other workers are suffering any hardship as the result of the rationing of bacon. If, however, my hon. Friend has any facts which he would like to put before me, I will willingly consider them.