HC Deb 30 June 1947 vol 439 c111W
80. Mr. Shawcross

asked the Minister of Food whether he has investigated the complaints of housewives in the borough of Widnes that more food is available in the adjoining industrial borough of St. Helens and also in the non-industrial borough of Southport; and if he will take steps to provide a more even distribution as between these and other areas in Lancashire.

Dr. Edith Summerskill

No such complaint has reached us. The impression that some other town is receiving more food than one's home town is not by any means uncommon, though usually unfounded.