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 · 1 February 1940 English

feels that it is desirable to draw the attention of the Ministerial Sub-Committee on Food Policy to the probable effect of a widespread adoption of the principle under- lying the …


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 …


The National Archives · 28 March 1940 English

### ### ### ation necessary to make a change of this kind in view of the increased production of feeding stuffs on the farm after the next harvest as a …


The National Archives · 28 March 1940 English

DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) COPY NO. WAR CABINET 1940. MINISTERIAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON FOOD POLICY ESTIMATED SUPPLY OF AGRICULTURAL LABOUR. Notes by the Ministry of Agriculture …


The National Archives · 30 April 1940 English

2. The Ministry of Food recognise that pigs are in a different category and that in the case of this product the proposed increase in prices of feeding stuffs Constitutes …


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 …