HC Deb 10 March 1972 vol 832 c413W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what advice he has so far received from his Advisory Committee on Nutrition concerning the nutritional effects of the cuts and higher social service charges as first announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 30th October, 1970.

Sir K. Joseph

A sub-committee of the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy has, in advance of any formal report, advised three monitoring studies of those affected by the changes in the arrangements for the provision of welfare milk, school milk and school meals announced in October, 1970, that is, pre-schoolchildren, schoolchildren, and pregnant women and their infants. The advice has been accepted and the studies initiated.