Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies. – in the House of Commons at on 21 February 1940.
Vice-Admiral Taylor:
Is my right hon. Friend aware that the conditions of service of the men in the Mercantile Marine are just as arduous and strenuous as those in the fighting Services, and if the officers and men in the Navy, Army and Air Force are entitled to extra rations when on leave, are not men of the Mercantile Marine also entitled to them?
