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 · 4 December 1939 English
74 BREWING AND DISTILLING IN WAR TIME. Report by Interdepartmental Committee. 1. We were asked to examine the implications of the proposal that the present and prospective shortage of feeding …
The National Archives · 9 December 1939
125 ###S DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT). ECRET. WAR CABINET. HOME POLICY COMMITTEE. OFFICIAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON FOOD POLICY. STATISTICAL POSITION OF THE PRINCIPAL FOODSTUFFS IN DECEMBER …
The National Archives · 15 December 1939
129 MINISTRY OF FOOD GREAT WESTMINISTER HOUSE, HORSEFERRY ROAD, LONDON, S.W.1. SECRET REPORT NO. 5. Copy No. STATISTICS DIVISION WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOOD AND FEEDING-STUFFS. 12th December, …
The National Archives · 30 November 1939
35 It seems incredible that the consumption of sugar, if it has increased at all, should have increased by anything like 19%. It must therefore be assumed that the bulk, …
The National Archives · 30 November 1939
and for manufacture, is 48,000 tons per week. MINISTRY OF FOOD, GREAT WESTMINSTER HOUSE, HORSEFERRY ROAD. LONDON, S.W.1. INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON FOOD POLICY. STATEMENT ON SUGAR EXHAUSTION TABLE. The total …