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The Minister of Food Control (1916–1921) and the Minister of Food (1939–1954) were British government ministerial posts separated from that of the Minister of Agriculture. A major task of the latter office was to oversee rationing in the United Kingdom arising out of World War II. The Minister was assisted by a Parliamentary Secretary.
Jamie's Ministry of Food was a 2008 UK TV programme featuring celebrity chef Jamie Oliver that aimed to recreate the successes of the Ministry of Food in encouraging healthy eating.
Minister of Food Control 1916-1921
Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political party The Lord Devonport 10 December 1916 19 June 1917 Liberal The Lord Rhondda 19 June 1917 9 July 1918 Liberal John Robert Clynes 9 July 1918 10 January 1919 Labour George Roberts 10 January 1919 19 March 1920 Labour Charles McCurdy 19 March 1920 31 March 1921 Liberal Minister of Food 1939-1958
Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political party Rt Hon W S Morrison (later Lord Dunrossil) 4 September 1939 3 April 1940 Conservative Rt Hon Baron Woolton 3 April 1940 11 November 1943 Independent Colonel the Rt Hon J J Llewellin (later Lord Llewellin) 11 November 1943 26 July 1945 Conservative Sir Ben Smith 3 August 1945 26 May 1946 Labour Rt Hon John Strachey 27 May 1946 28 February 1950 Labour Rt Hon Maurice Webb 28 February 1950 26 October 1951 Labour Major the Rt Hon Gwilym Lloyd-George (later Lord Tenby) 31 October 1951 18 October 1954 Conservative Rt Hon Derick Heathcoat-Amory (later Lord Amory)
(Combined the separate posts of Minister of Agiculture & Fisheries and
Minister of Food, pending the merger of 1955)October, 1951 January, 1958 Conservative References
For Minister of Food 1939-1958:
- Foreman, Susan. "Appendix A". Loaves and fishes : an illustrated history of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1889-1989. London: HMSO. p. 127. ISBN 9780112428237. OCLC 20525761.
- Fearnley-Whitti, Jane. The Ministry of Food: Thrifty Wartime Ways to Feed Your Family Today. Hodder HB. ISBN 978-1444700350.
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