BRITAIN RATIONS BREAD AND FLOUR

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24914, 29 June 1946, Page 7

BRITAIN RATIONS BREAD AND FLOUR

Safety Measure To Conserve / Supplies

INCREASED ALLOWANCE OF

MEAT

(N.Z. Presl Association—-Copyright.) (Rec. 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 28. The rationing of bread and flour to begin on July 21 was announced simultaneously in the House of Commons and the House of Lords yesterday. The Minister of Food (Mr John Strachey) said in the House of Commons that the decision had been taken because failure to ration bread now would mean an unjustifiable risk with basic foodstuffs. Mr Strachey announced that the meat ration would be increased by 2d worth a week to bring it to 16d from July 21. The increase would be in carcase meat, making the ration 14d for carcase meat and 2d for canned meat. The daily ration of bread would be 9oz. This covered bread, flour, and flour confectionery. Male manual -workers would be entitled to 15oz, expectant mothers and women manual workers to lloz, children aged from 11 to 18 would get 12oz, those aged from one to four 4oz, and those under one year 2oz. The men and women manual workers who would get the higher scale numbered 12,000,000. Mr Strachey said that these figures referred to the position if the whole ration were taken up by bread, but a housewife would be free to take any part or all of her ration in flour or flour confectionery instead of bread, and she could shop where she pleased. The ration would be measured in bread units. A ]2oz loaf would cost four flour and bread units, one pound of flour three units, and one pound of confectionery two units. The Lord President of the Council (Mr Herbert Morrison) announced to-day that the Government was willing to set aside Wednesday for a debate on the rationing of bread and flour.