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Boys' Supplementary Rations

Volume 106: debated on Thursday 16 May 1918

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44.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food if his attention has been drawn to the refusal of local food control officers to issue the supplementary ration granted to boys under eighteen years of age to those just above that age who are awaiting their call to the Colours; and whether, in view of the importance of maintaining these prospective soldiers in full vigour, he will give instructions for the issue of the supplementary ration in such cases?

Boys who have received supplementary ration cards may continue to use them during the currency of the present issue notwithstanding that they attain the age of eighteen in the meantime. I am considering the case of boys between eighteen and nineteen who are awaiting their call to the Colours, and hope to arrange for the issue of the supplementary ration in their case.