§ 30. Mr. HAYES FISHERasked whether the Government are placing contracts for the supply of such articles as mattresses and mats with the institutions for the blind, which are capable of producing those articles; and, if not, whether the Government will consider the desirability of so doing and thereby releasing the labour of sighted workers, who are needed for, and are capable of the production of other war material?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAInstitutions for the blind already receive a considerable share of Admiralty orders for brushware and baskets and the question of extension of orders is, and will be, carefully borne in mind. I may say that orders for seamen's bedding are principally executed by women.