Series: Official Sub-Committee. Meetings 1(40) - 6(40) Papers 1(40) - 39(40)

User icon Taylor Kenkel
26 August 2022
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A file of meeting minutes, memoranda, and reports relating to the British War Cabinet's approach to food policy. Subjects covered in the file include the desire for an increase in butter rations; milk policy in relation to the Free and Cheap Milk Schemes; wages for agricultural workers; and the distribution and prices of animal feed. Documents in the file include detailed weekly reports on statistics concerning the importation and consumption of commodity foods and feedstuffs; statistical reports on the importation of food and feeding supplies; and a discussion of horticulture and food production. Other subjects discussed include the supply of oil seeds and vegetable oils; the prices of livestock such as pigs; the supply of agricultural labour; and the importation programme of commodity foods and feedstuffs.


The National Archives · 24 May 1940 English

SECRET Monthly Statement No. 6 Copy No. 83 MINISTRY OF FOOD Great Westminster House, Horseferry Road, London, S.W.1. STATISTICS AND INTELLIGENCE DIVISION The attached statement of the statistical position of …


The National Archives · 19 March 1940 English

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


The National Archives · 5 January 1940 English

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 3 4 5 6 7 8 MINISTRY OF FOOD GREAT WESTMINSTER HOUSE, HORSEFERRY ROAD, S.W.1. STATISTICS DIVISION. SECRET …


The National Archives · 21 February 1940 English

MINISTRY OF FOOD Great Westminster House, Horseferry Road, S.W.1. STATISTICS AND INTELLIGENCE DIVISION Monthly Statement No. 3. COPY NO. 65 The attached statement of the statistical position of the principal …


The National Archives · 18 April 1940 English

MINISTRY OF FOOD, GREAT WESTMINSTER HOUSE, HORSEFERRY ROAD, LONDON, S.W.1. STATISTICS AND INTELLIGENCE DIVISION Monthly Statement No. 5. Copy No. The attached statement of the statistical position of the principal …


The National Archives · 11 January 1940 English

OF 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 4 5 6 7 8 SECRET. MINISTRY FOOD. Great Westminster House, Horseferry Road, London, S.W.1. REPORT …


The National Archives · 28 March 1940 English

###HIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) ###RET COPY NO. (40) 36 WAR CABINET ###arch, 1940. MINISTERIAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON FOOD POLICY FOOD PRODUCTION POLICY Memorandum by the …


The National Archives · 19 May 1940 English

IS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT). SECRET. F.P. (0)(40)36 (also F.P.(M) (40)60). 19TH MAY, 1940. COPY NO. WAR CABINET. OFFICIAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON FOOD POLICY. In future …


The National Archives · 6 May 1940 English

THE SUB-COMMITTEE had before them memoranda on the prices of feeding stuffs prepared by the Ministry of Food, the Agricultural Departments and the Treasury (Papers Nos. F.P. (0) (40) 30, …


The National Archives · 3 May 1940 English

that an effective system of distribution feedingstuffs by rationing can and in the absence of such a system it is to refrain from keeping the price of imported at an …