Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army. – in the House of Commons at on 12 December 1939.
Mr Frederick Macquisten
, Argyll
Is my hon. Friend not aware that the ingredients of a gallon of beer cost less than a penny, that the ingredients of a bottle of champagne cost less than a halfpenny, and that there are plenty of soldiers in the regiments who could make it, just as they cook their meals? It ought to be issued with the rations.