§ Sir L. Lyleasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in view of the difficulties created by the abolition of travellers' ration cards for people who move about the country on State or commercial business, the waste of time incurred in searching for and visiting food offices and the time occupied by the food officers in dealing with each case, he will consider either reviving the emergency ration cards or evolving some other scheme which may work more smoothly than the one now in existence?
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe travellers ration book was abolished as it was very desirable to reduce to a minimum the number of unregistered consumers, and many people were known to have had this book who did not need it. Emergency documents are of courses till in existence and available for people who occasionally need to buy their rations away from their home. With regard to my hon. Friend's second proposal the existing scheme was decided on only after a thorough consideration of all the implications and I think that it will be found to work smoothly and without much inconvenience to anyone.