Former MP for The Wrekin
Is my right hon. Friend aware that the Territorials that were sent to Norway had been formed from a division previously disbanded, and only recently reformed?
The question that I wish to raise concerns our trade arrangements with neutral countries, which in my opinion are not compatible with an effective blockade. The disclosure of the existence of a number of loopholes in the blockade came as a shock to most of us, especially after the statement made by the Minister of Economic Warfare on 17th January, in which he sought to assure the House that...
asked the Minister of Economic Warfare (1) whether he is in a position to assure the House that none of the agreements concluded with neutral Governments authorise the latter to import from overseas for the purpose of re-exporting to Germany; (2) whether the recently concluded Anglo-Belgian Trade Agreement authorises Belgium to re-export to Germany to the limit of her pre-war re-exports to...
In view of the unfavourable reply, I beg to give notice that I propose to raise the matter at the first opportunity.
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that Market Drayton and district had no meat whatever in the week ended 3rd February; and whether he can explain the causes producing this result?
Is it not the case that butchers made journeys through the snow in order to collect their meat and found that there was none?
asked the Minister of Food whether, as the distribution of meat system is not answering satisfactorily in Shropshire, he proposes to reinvestigate it with the object of establishing additional slaughter-houses in the county and avoiding the unnecessary transport charges which must now be incurred?
Will my right hon. Friend endeavour to see that butchers and consumers receive their meat whether it is foreign meat or fresh meat as the case might be, as this policy of switching over from foreign to fresh meat is causing a great deal of discontent?
