HC Deb 19 January 1943 vol 386 c57W
Miss Rathbone

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that there is much unnecessary consumption of alcoholic and soft-drinks because of the practice at hotels and restaurants of making it difficult for guests to obtain drinking water so as to compel them to order paid-for drinks; and will he by regulation compel such establishments to supply drinking water on all tables where lunches and dinners are served, or if shortage of jugs makes that impossible, to supply water on central tables visible and accessible to all guests?

Mr. Mabane

My Noble Friend sees no occasion for the making of an Order such as my hon. Friend suggests.