Series: Papers 1(40) - 69(40)

User icon Taylor Kenkel
26 August 2022
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A file of memoranda from the War Cabinet's Food Policy Committee. Subjects covered in the documents include the status of stocks of key food items including meat, dairy, cereals, sugar, and tea; supplies of animal feed, including concerns over rising prices and distribution issues; and the ploughing-up campaign, which is aimed at turning more land over to agricultural use. Further topics covered include the work of the Ministry of Supply's Salvage Department to tackle waste in the food industry; proposals to introduce rationing for servicemen; and a decision to limit the production of whisky and other spirits due to a shortage of cereals. The documents also cover concerns over the shortage of agricultural labour; and suggestions for various civilian and military schemes to be introduced to address the issue. Suggested sources of agricultural labour include the Women's Land Army, schoolboys, gang labour, the industrial unemployed, refugees, prisoners of war, and conscientious objectors.


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The National Archives · 28 February 1940 English

MINISTRY OF FOOD, GREAT WESTMINSTER HOUSE, HORSEFERRY ROAD, SECRET STATISTICS LONDON, S.W.1. DIVISION. REPORT NO. 15. Copy No. 130 WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOOD AND FEEDING-STUFFS. 27th February, …


The National Archives · 7 February 1940 English

MINISTRY OF FOOD Great Westminister House, Horseferry Road, London, S.W.1. SECRET REPORT NO. 12. 130 Copy No. STATISTICS DIVISION. WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOOD AND FEEDING STUFFS. 6th …


The National Archives · 12 March 1940 English

MINISTRY OF FOOD. GREAT WESTMINSTER HOUSE, HORSEFERRY ROAD, LONDON, S.W.1. SECRET STATISTICS AND INTELLIGENCE DIVISION. WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOOD AND FEEDING-STUFFS. The following table shows the latest …


The National Archives · 19 March 1940 English

MINISTRY OF FOOD Great Westminster House, Horseferry Road, London, S.W.1. STATISTICS AND INTELLIGENCE DIVISION SECRET. Monthly Statement No. 4. Copy No. 38 The attached statement of the statistical position of …


The National Archives · 21 February 1940 English

MINISTRY OF FOOD Great Westminster House, Horseferry Road, S.W.1. STATISTICS AND INTELLIGENCE DIVISION SECRET. Monthly Statement No. 3. Copy No. 11 The attached statement of the statistical position of the …


The National Archives · 11 January 1940 English

Copy 124 MINISTRY SECRET. OF Great Westminster House, Horseferry Road, London, S.W.1. FOOD. REPORT NO. NO. STATISTICS DIVISION WEEKLY REPORT ON SUBJECTS OF CERTAIN FOOD AND FEEDING-STUFFS. 9th JANUARY, 1940. …


The National Archives · 26 March 1940 English

MINISTRY OF FOOD, GREAT WESTMINSTER HOUSE, HORSEFERRY ROAD, LONDON, S.W.1. 19. SECRET REPORT No. 88 Copy No. STATISTICS AND INTELLIGENCE DIVISION. WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOOD AND FEEDING-STUFFS. …


The National Archives · 24 January 1940 English

MINISTRY OF FOOD. Great Westminster House, Horseferry Road, London, SECRET. S.W.1. STATISTICS DIVISION. REPORT NO. 10. Copy 79 WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOOD AND FEEDING STUFFS. 23rd JANUARY, …


The National Archives · 29 March 1940 English

(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) SECRET COPY NO. WAR CABINET. 28th March, 1940. FOOD POLICY. OFFICIAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON DISTRIBUTION OF FEEDING STUFFS. Joint memorandum by …


The National Archives · 2 April 1940 English

MINISTRY OF FOOD, GREAT WESTMINSTER HOUSE, HORSEFERRY ROAD, LONDON, S.W.1. SECRET REPORT No. 20. Copy No. 133 STATISTICS AND INTELLIGENCE DIVISION. WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOOD AND FEEDING-STUFFS. …