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 · 8 January 1940 English

SUPPLIES OF ### SEEDS AND ###GETABLE ###LS. THE SUB—COMMITTEE had before it a Memorandum (Paper No. F.P.(O)(40) 1) by the Ministry of Food on Supplies of Oil Seeds and Vegetable …


The National Archives · 6 March 1940 English

2. WAR CABINET. OFFICIAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON FOOD POLICY. Meeting of the Committee held on WEDNESDAY, 6th March, at 3 p.m. (F.P.(0)(40) 3rd Conclusions) CONETNTS. Conclusion No. Subject. Page No. 1. …


The National Archives · 29 March 1940 English

###RIBUTION 1. ###EEDING ###FS. With reference to F.P. (M) (40) 8th. Meeting, Conclusion 4, the Sub-Committee had before them a Memorandum by the Ministry of Food and the Agricultural Departments …


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 · 9 April 1940 English

WAR CABINET. OFFICIAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON FOOD POLICY. Meeting held on TUESDAY, 9th APRIL, 1940 at 3 p.m. (F.P. (0) (40) 5th Conclusions) CONTENTS. Conclusion No. Subject. Page No. 1. MILK …


The National Archives · 6 March 1940

2. WAR CABINET. OFFICIAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON FOOD POLICY. Meeting of the Committee held on WEDNESDAY, 6th March, at 3 p.m. (F.P.(0)(40) 3rd Conclusions) CONETNTS. Conclusion No. Subject. Page No. 1. …