§ Mr. E. Granvilleasked the Minister of Food if he is prepared to allow shopkeepers to serve holders of emergency ration cards in the same way that they do their registered customers.
§ Sir B. Smith:A retailer is expected to serve temporary ration card holders with rationed foods if he has supplies available. He can obtain replacement of the food sold against those cards. A particular retailer may not always be in a position to supply the holder of a temporary ration card but the holder of such card 12W should be able to find in any district a shop or shops able to serve him. Temporary ration cards are purposely made available for use at any shop.