§ Mr. Grovesasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what arrangements have been made to ration, in the case of invasion, outlying hamlets which may be cut off from the distributing centres of the parishes in which they are situated by reason of enemy action or the failure of motor transport?
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Major Lloyd GeorgeThe national food stocks have been widely dispersed and adequate supplies of the more essential foodstuffs are maintained in each of the large number of zones into which the country has been divided for the purpose with the object of making each zone independent of outside sources of supply in the event of invasion. As a further measure of insurance reserve stocks of non-perishable foodstuffs have been or are being placed in the small towns, villages and hamlets in those parts of the country which are most likely to be the scene of active military operations. In the event of invasion these stocks, which are in the charge of local officers of the Ministry of Food, will be distributed to households which need them.