"IL would be. wrong of me not to disclose that T am greatly concerned about the shortage of some of these commodities and particularly cheese, Certain shins are used to take troops to the Mediterranean which formerly were used {0 bring ment. to this country. As tong as the Mediterran~ enn campaign is on T see no possi bility of our getting those ships back or of Increasing the meat ration. yesterday when Sir-Patrick Hannen, Drominent company director, asked whether the Premier had considered a letter from. the President of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce "emphasizing the drift towards Inflation owing to wage Increase being followed by a rise in commodity prices.'
Mr, Clement R. Attlee, Lord Privy Seal and Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, replied that the Prime Minister had' received the Jetler to which Mr, Hannen ferred and had arranged that the Association of Boitish Chambers of Commerce.would have an opportunity, of stating its views more fully' to Ministers concerned.
The Government was impressed with the dangers of inflation and since the outbreak of the war had taken action in-a variety of ways "But meat is not our only form of food. We have potatoos, we have vogeiables, we have oils and fats, We have so much all in this country that we can go on for a long time, We Wave also milk, With those things we can get all the energy food and health we need, We have asked fin to produce " those crepe which wit) make our dairy herds and rattle as little dependent on Imported food ax possible, beans, kale and dual purpose crops.
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