Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 November 1947.
Mr James Reid
, Glasgow Hillhead
12:00,
10 November 1947
Would the right hon. Gentleman say why it has been necessary to limit the ration to so low a figure, looking to the fact that last year, I think, 6 lb. per head per week was the figure, and that the estimated deficiency in the crop is only 20 per cent?