Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Germany – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 3 Tachwedd 1947.
If they follow some other trade they lose them—they are disqualified from getting the extra rations which they previously enjoyed. But the hon. Member is talking about a section of the community which is unemployed for a week or two weeks, and in those cases ration books have already been deposited with tradesmen, and it is possible that the relevant coupons may have been cancelled.