§ 2. Sir ARTHUR SHIRLEY BENNasked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been called to the shortage of glass bottles; and what steps he proposes to take to prevent some of our export trades being hampered through lack of glass containers?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI am aware that, although considerable efforts have been and are being made to develop the production of glass containers by British factories, the output is at present insufficient to meet requirements. Licences are, therefore, being granted to import glass containers when there is evidence that adequate supplies of British-made goods are not available, and in the consideration of applications for licences particular attention is given to the requirements of the export trades.