§ Mr. McGovernasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food why, as Regulation 3 of instructions issued by the Home Secretary under Regulation 18B empowers an internee to supplement the meals provided, the Food Controller has refused to permit Mr. Cahir Healy, M.P., to have any extra food by post, save on an isolated occasion; and whether he will consult with the Home Office with a view to ensuring that the Food Regulations do not militate to the detriment of the health of a public man of 64 years?
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe regulations governing the receipt of gifts of food from overseas permit only genuine unsolicited gifts of small quantities at infrequent intervals. The Home Office instruction that a person who is detained under Defence Regulation 18B may at his own expense or the expense of his friends supplement the meals provided for him does not mean that such a person may receive food in contravention of the regulations of the Ministry of Food which apply to all persons in the country, and my Noble Friend would not be justified in making in favour of persons so detained exceptions which would not be made for other people.