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 · 9 April 1940 English

MINISTRY OF FOOD, GREAT WESTMINSTER HOUSE, HORSEFERRY ROAD, LONDON, S.W.1. REPORT No. 21. 76 Copy No. STATISTICS AND INTELLIGENCE DIVISION WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOOD AND FEEDING-STUFFS 9th …


The National Archives · 15 May 1940 English

Copy 1. MINISTRY OF FOOD, GREAT WESTMINSTER HOUSE. HORSEFERRY ROAD. LONDON. S.W.1. SECRET REPORT No. 26 133 No. STATISTICS AND INTELLIGENCE DIVISION WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF' CERTAIN FOOD AND …


The National Archives · 20 February 1940 English

WAR CABINET. HOME POLICY COMMITTEE. OFFICIAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON FOOD POLICY. Conclusions of a Meeting held on TUESDAY, 20th FEBRUARY, 1940 at 4.30 p.m. (F.P.(O)(40) 2nd Conclusions). CONTENTS SHEET. Conclusion No. …


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 February 1940 English

MINISTRY OF FOOD, GREAT WESTMINSTER HOUSE, HORSEFERRY ROAD, LONDON. S.W.1. SECRET 76 Copy No. STATISTICS DIVISION. WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOOD AND FEEDING-STUFFS. 27th February, 1940. WHEAT REPORT …


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 · 18 January 1940 English

parent (i ii ii iv) (i) (e) ii) ###) (a) (b) (c) 1. 85 MINISTRY OF FOOD. SECRET. STATISTICS DIVISION Great Westminster House, Horseferry Road, London, S.W.1. REPORT NO. 9. …


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 …