HC Deb 01 August 1944 vol 402 cc1183-4W
Major Lloyd

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what action is being taken to stimulate interest in, and knowledge of, the science of nutrition in Scottish schools.

Mr. Johnston

Opportunities are afforded for the teaching of nutrition through the curricula of day school domestic science classes and continuation classes and through the school meals service and school gardening. In addition, the competitions held in the last two years in the cooking of Scots primary products, in which a total of 33,000 pupils competed, and which I hope to see developed in the future, have certainly resulted in a wider dissemination of knowledge on the importance of nutrition.