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Subjects Discussed: 1. FOOD.; Bread rationing.; Bread. Waste of, and use of potatoes.; 2. FOOD.; Flour consumption. Proposals for reducing.:; 3. CEMENT PRICES.; Proposals for continuing present rate of profit.

5 Aug 1942

### Rationing. ###ious ###ences: 42) 44th ###g, Minute 4, ###.M.(42) 98th ###sions, ### 1, ###usion (7)). At their Meeting on the 28th July the War Cabinet had invited the Lord President's Committee to examine again the question whether a substantial saving in wheat imports could be secured through the rationing of bread. The Minister of Food had reviewed the position in the light of the dis- cussion in the War Cabinet, and had circulated a further Memorandum on the subject (L.P.(42) 174). THE MINISTER OF FOOD said that he was now satisfied that it would be practicable, as a matter of administration, to ration bread by a system combining straight rationing and points rationing, on the lines indicated in paragraph 14 of his Memorandum; but, for the reasons given in his Memorandum, he took the view that it would not be expedient to introduce such a system of bread rationing at this stage.
agriculture mining infrastructure cereals food supply wheat bread construction materials hospitals imports industry manufacturing materials potatoes prices prisons public opinion rationing restaurants schools supply vegetables wastage price control flour licensing food supplies cakes biscuits overseas trade public morale communal feeding civil consumption nationwide freight shipping lord president's committee british trades union congress
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/7/9
Document Types
Summary
File Reference
CAB 71/7
Former Department Reference
LP(42) 46th Meeting
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000007.009
Keywords
Agriculture Biscuits Bread Cakes Cereals Civil Consumption Communal Feeding Construction Materials Flour Food Supplies Freight Shipping Hospitals Imports Industry Mining Overseas Trade Potatoes Prices Prisons Public Morale Public Opinion Rationing Restaurants Schools Vegetables Wastage Wheat
Language
English
Organizations Discussed
British Trades Union Congress Lord President's Committee
Pages
5
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Meetings Nos. 40(42) - 77(42)
Themes
Rationing Supply Industry Infrastructure Licensing Price Control Agriculture Food Supply Manufacturing Materials

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