§ Mr. Bossomasked the Minister of Food if he will see that where a supplier has not sufficient material to provide the quota of food in any one week, the unobtainable food is available in the following week.
§ Mr. StracheyNo one need forgo his rations in any week because his retailer cannot supply them. Any difficulty of this sort should be reported to the local food executive officer who will issue a document enabling the consumer to get his rations from another retailer.
§ Mr. Bossomasked the Minister of Food if he is aware of the difficulty now experienced by housewives under the present allocation of rations, in providing their families with meals containing sufficient variety and energy-producing qualities; and if he will look into this and correct this situation.
§ Mr. StracheyI think that housewives experience less difficulty under rationing than they do when scarce foods are not controlled. The only solution to their problems is to get more food, and this we are constantly trying to do. Many 195W foods which add variety to the diet, such as milk, which has been decontrolled since 27th April, eggs, fruit and vegetables, have been more plentiful in recent months. The weekly rations of sugar and fats, both energy-producing foods, have recently been increased, and whenever supplies permit, other rations will also be increased. Meanwhile there are many energy-producing foods, such as bread, which are not rationed.