§ Sir P. Hurdasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether it will be made clear that the special cheese rations will be available for small farmers working their own farms, who often work long hours for small reward and have no unemployment insurance benefits?
§ Sir H. Morris-Jonesasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether arrangements have been made for the supply of special cheese rations to small working farmers, many of them working one-man farms, especially in 1010W Wales, on the same lines as supplied to employed agricultural workers?
§ Mr. Priceasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether smallholders working on their own land will be eligible to receive the extra cheese ration in the same way as an agricultural worker?
Major Lloyd GeorgeNo, Sir. The special ration will be limited to workers who hold agricultural unemployment cards.
§ Mr. de Rothschildasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in view of the great strain and arduous conditions under which engine drivers and firemen, especially of goods trains, are now working, carrying on for long spells, often through enemy air attacks, he will consider including them among the special classes of workers to whom extra rations of cheese are to be granted?
Major Lloyd GeorgeMy Noble Friend has already received representations in favour of the grant of supplementary rations of cheese to additional classes of workers, including railway engine drivers and firemen. These representations are being actively considered.