Series: Official Sub-Committee. Meetings 1(39) - 5(39) Papers 1(39) - 18(39)
Taylor Kenkel
A file of meeting minutes and memoranda concerning the deliberations of the Official Sub-Committee on Food Policy. Subjects covered include the stocks and supplies of essential foodstuffs such as wheat, sugar, oil seeds, meat, and dairy produce; the proposed introduction of meat rationing; and concerns over falling supplies of sugar. Further topics covered include plans to increase the amount of agricultural land for food production; the introduction of price controls on livestock; and the impact of food pricing policies on wages and the cost of living. The file also covers the status of sheep farming and the wool industry in Scotland; and the wartime brewing and distilling industries, with discussions on taxation revenue, social impact, exports, employment, and the impact of the redirection of barley and maize stocks for use as animal feed.
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The National Archives · 5 December 1939 English
19 (Paper No. F.P.(O)(39) 9). FOOD PRODUCTION POLICY. THE COMITTTMEE had before them a Memorandum by the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries on Home Food Production Policy SIR DONALD FERGUSSON …
The National Archives · 28 November 1939 English
5 FOOD POLICY. SIR HORACE WILSON explained to the meeting that the APPOINTMENT Home Policy Committee at their meeting on the 27th OF SUB- COMMITTEE OF HOME POLICY November, 1939 …
The National Archives · 30 November 1939 English
11 FOOD POLICY. 1. SIR HORACE WILSON informed the Committee that PREPARATION OF MEMORANDA FOR THE it appeared desirable to consider at the Meeting MINISTERIAL SUB- COMMITTEE OF THE the …
The National Archives · 2 December 1939 English
16 ###EREALS POSITION. THE SUB-COMMITTEE had before it a Memorandum ###.P. (0)(39) ###oncl. 5. ###st Mtg. (F.P. (0)(39) 10) by the Ministry of Food on Supplies of Wheat and other …
The National Archives · 19 December 1939 English
25 STOCK ###ES FOR ### AND ###ESTOCK. THE SUB-COMMITTEE had before it a Memorandum (Paper No. F.P.(O)(39)14) by the Ministry of Food on the subject of Fatstock Prices under the …