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Butter

Volume 483: debated on Wednesday 7 February 1951

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asked the Minister of Food if he has considered the possibility of making available extra supplies of butter, outwith the ration, as on the same lines as gruyere, blue-vein and cream cheese.

There is no sign that the present butter ration satisfies the demand and I do not think it would be fair to let some people have extra butter. The cheeses my hon. Friend mentions are of a kind which would not be acceptable to everyone on the ration and that is why it was decided to allow them to he sold as additions to the ration.