§ Sir I. Fraserasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what arrangements are being made to provide increased supplies of unrationed foodstuffs, including, particularly, canned foods and sugar and fats for confectionery, to towns such as those to which his attention has been drawn, which have to cater for considerably increased numbers of resident workers as well as large numbers of workers who sleep the night in these towns but are not registered there?
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe Ministry have made representations to National Manufacturers and Distributors of foodstuffs to adjust distribution of unrationed foodstuffs, many of which are neither owned nor controlled by the Ministry, in accordance with population movement as disclosed by registrations for the current ration book. It is, however, not possible to permit the consumer to be registered in two areas at the same time. Workers should therefore purchase unrationed food in the area in which they are registered for rationed food and take it with them to the dormitory area, so that they do not draw upon the supplies available for the resident population. The Ministry are unable to provide increased supplies of canned foods, but an all-round increase of 10 per cent, has been made in the basic allowance of sugar and fats to cake and flour confectionery manufacturers. As from 22nd September next the allocation of sugar and fats for this purpose will be adjusted in full conformity with the movement of population.