Major Lloyd George:

I have no special information relating to the Great North Road, but I am aware that road transport workers have, in some cases, experienced difficulty in obtaining supplies of food in cafes when they are on a journey. After consultation with the Road Haulage Central Wages Board, I am satisfied that the position will be materially improved if the proprietors of the cafes concerned will supply the local food offices with particulars of the number of meals which they are in the habit of serving. By this means they will be assured of supplies of rationed foods upon the prescribed scale.