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 · 18 December 1939 English
154 increase in home production is to be secured, a higher level of prices will be necessary for agricultural products generally." It is quite clear in the Ministry's opinion that …
The National Archives · 30 November 1939 English
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 …
The National Archives · 1 December 1939 English
113 The experience of the past month has brought out clearly the danger of looking only at the total stock of wheat in the country, including the home crop, and …
The National Archives · 18 December 1939 English
151 5. There has been a good deal of adverse criticism during the present war against the "pooled" article which frequently accompanies the institution of control. In the meat scheme …
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 · 30 November 1939 English
1. The decision taken last October by the War Cabinet not to ration meat was to some extent based upon the statistical position as then known. From estimates of home …
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 · 29 November 1939 English
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The National Archives · 18 December 1939 English
4. The representatives of the fanners took the view that the prices fixed in the November 11th schedule must now be regarded as out of date in the light of …
The National Archives · 29 December 1939 English
164 MINISTRY OF FOOD, GREAT WESTMINSTER HOUSE, HORSEFERRY ROAD, LONDON, S.W.1. S###CRET. REPORT NO. 7. 123 Copy No. STATISTICS DIVISION. WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOOD AND FEEDING-STUFFS. 28th …