Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Works – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 24 Tachwedd 1947.
Mr. Baker White:
While thanking the Minister for that very full answer, may I ask him whether he is aware that deliveries of coal to the hostel over recent months have been greater than the amount of coal allowed for a village of 280 households? Further, is he aware that these men have been given not one, but three shell eggs per week and that the agricultural workers in the district feel great indignation at the free transport being provided and at the men being taken on tours all over East Kent?
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