Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies

– in the House of Commons on 10 November 1947.

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  • Fats (Exports) (3 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food how many tins of fat have been exported from Britain to Nyasaland during the past 18 months.

  • Rations (Calorie Value) (11 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food how the daily calorie content of the weekly minimum amount of food regarded as necessary for an unemployed man, as decided by the Ministry of Health in co-operation...

  • Imported Fruit (4 speeches)

    Baldwin: asked the Minister of Food the cost of imported fruit, including-tinned, dried and fresh from the dollar area during the months of August, September, and October.

  • Workers' Meat Ration (18 speeches)

    Mr. Baldwin: asked the Minister of Food whether he will grant increased meat rations to agricultural workers.

  • Potato Bags (5 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food how many potato bags are owned by his Ministry; if he is aware that some of the bags are unsuitable for use with potatoes; and if he will only supply bags when...

  • African Groundnuts Scheme (8 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food how many bulldozers have been landed in Tanganyika for use in connection with the groundnuts scheme; and how many were in action on 1st September, 1947, and what...

  • Whaling, Antarctic (Proposed Catch) (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food what amounts of whale oil and whale meat it is anticipated will become available for this country as a result of the forthcoming whaling season in, the Antarctic; and...

  • pigs (8 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food whether any additional instructions have recently been sent to his inspectors to check the names of persons buying pigs in the open market; and whether he will consider...

  • Potatoes (Distribution Scheme) (19 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food what, in convenient categories, are the salaries paid to the 161 potato supervisors and the 555 merchant agents who buy potatoes from growers; what is their cost to the...

  • Sunflower Seed, Roumania (Export) (8 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that there is an exportable surplus of sunflower seed oil in Roumania, and what steps His Majesty's Government is taking to obtain supplies.

  • Queue Priority (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food if there is any administrative difficulty which prevents a doctor from stamping a ration book of a newly-confined woman with the date of her confinement, so that she...

  • Cuban Sugar (Government Purchases) (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food at what price and what quantity of sugar has been purchased in Cuba by His Majesty's Government within the last six months; and what is the total expenditure of dollars...

  • Sardines (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware of the acute shortage of sardines in the shops; and whether he will make a statement about supply possibilities.

  • Rations, Hospital Patients (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food whether the patients in hospitals and nursing homes will suffer the recently announced cut in civilian rations.

  • Imports from Eire (Agreement) (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food whether he will make a statement on the quantities of food that may be expected from Eire; and the prices paid for the various commodities.

  • Argentine Barley (Purchase) (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that there were 300,000 tons of Argentine barley available for the purchase on 1st August, 1947; and how much of this exportable surplus has been...

  • Extra Rations (Medical Certificates) (9 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food why despite the recommendations of her medical advisers, he has refused to permit the issue of extra rations to Mrs. Eyles of 37, Dolls Hill, Byfield, Northamptonshire.

  • Health and Nutrition (Surveys) (9 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food whether, in view of the reduced rations, he will arrange for frequent surveys of the health and nutrition of the civilian population and for the publications of the...

  • Cold Storage, Hartlepool (Kippers) (2 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food whether he is yet in a position, to extend the cold storage facilities for kippers to the existing plant at Hartlepool, having regard to the very large industrial...

  • Flour (6 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food what is the percentage saving in the issue of flour for food for human consumption in the United Kingdom in the first six months of 1947, as compared with the...

  • Edible Nuts (Prices) (9 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food (1) why the Maximum Prices Order for edible nuts in shell was withdrawn in July, 1947; and whether he intends to reimpose the Order in respect of the stocks at present...

  • Bitter Oranges (5 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food whether it is intended to make bitter oranges available this year to housewives for the purpose of making marmalade.

  • World Shortages (10 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that Sir John Boyd Orr, director general of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation, has announced the danger of a complete breakdown in...

  • Apples, British Columbia (Gift Offers) (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that the intention of a number of apple growers in British Columbia to send free gifts of apples for distribution in the U.K. was frustrated by the...