§ Mr. Harveyasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give the latest available information as to food supplies in Belgium and the arrangements which are being made to supplement them.
§ Sir J. GriggThe combined British and American authorities have made preparations to provide for Belgium, as for other liberated territories, sufficient food to supplement estimated local production up to an average of 2,000 calories a day and shipments to this end are being made. But as the result of the inevitable dislocation following on German occupation, certain difficulties have arisen with regard to the distribution of food produced in the country, which at this season of the year could normally have been reckoned on to meet Belgian needs. In order to assist in dealing with these difficulties, Supreme Headquarters are providing 200 tons of fats, meat and salt daily for a short period.