§ 51. Mr. Donnerasked the Minister of Food what is the overall percentage saving during the last 12 months for which figures are available in the consumption of bread resulting from rationing; and whether he now proposes to discontinue such rationing.
§ Dr. SummerskillDeliveries of flour for human consumption in the United Kingdom represented 6 per cent. less per person in the year to June, 1948, than in the year to July, 1946, when rationing began. My right hon. Friend has already said that he will abandon bread rationing the moment sufficient supplies of wheat are assured.