Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies

– in the House of Commons on 1 December 1947.

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    asked the Minister of Food how many letters have been received by his Ministry from the public during the last twelve months; how many have been concerned with complaints; and how many were...

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    Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that certain grocers shops from time to time display large heaps of fresh ham bones for sale, the meat having been cut off,...

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    asked the Minister of Food why he has obtained such a small proportion of the output of tinned Malayan pineapples during the last 18 months for consumption in Britain; and what steps he is taking...

  • Maize (12 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food if he is purchasing maize from Brazil.

  • Cold Storage Plant (2 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food how many of the cold storage plants constructed during the war are in the control of his Department; and how many of them are not in use at the present time.

  • Steel Workers, Durham (Rations) (5 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food whether he has considered the representations from the steel workers employed by the South Durham Steel and Iron Company; and what action he proposes to take to remedy...

  • Meat Coupons, Hotels (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food which hotels have been required to cancel meat coupons in ration books of residents and staff, to whom no meat could be offered; and in what circumstances.

  • Herrings (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food what quantities of herring have been bought from Iceland at a higher price than that paid to Scots fishermen; and to what extent herring have been dumped into the sea...

  • Boarding Houses (2 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that owing to the present shortage of accommodation, certain landladies of persons who are obliged to live away from home during part of each week,...

  • Tinned Snoek (10 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food how much tinned Snoek has been purchased by his Department; what was the price paid; and whether he is satisfied that this purchase serves a useful purpose.

  • Meat Pies (6 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food how many people were eligible to receive agricultural meat pies in the month of October; and how many pies were distributed in that month.

  • Bananas, Avonmouth (Loss) (5 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Food what is the estimated monetary loss of the bananas recently landed at Avonmouth which were unfit for consumption, and who bears this loss.