HC Deb 08 May 1950 vol 475 cc15-6W
105. Mr. R. Adams

asked the Minister of Food if he will take steps to ensure that the London area receives its full allocation of home-killed meat, so that London housewives can be assured of a fair share of the higher quality produce.

Mr. F. Willey

London receives as much fatstock as can be slaughtered in the London area, together with large quantities of home-produced meat brought in from other parts of the country. But it would not be practicable to distribute the same proportion of home-killed meat in London as, for example, in the North of Scotland. This variation existed, of course, before the war in all areas. London ate a higher proportion of imported meat before the war.