§ 3. Colonel DAYasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is in a position to make any statement with regard to the proposal that, in the interests of public health, footwear should be stamped, in order to certify the nature of the components used in manufacture?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERNo, Sir; I am still awaiting a communication from the Joint Industrial Council for the Boot and Shoe Industry, who discussed the matter with my Department on 9th March.
§ Colonel DAYIs the Minister aware that a questionnaire sent out to medical officers and education authorities shows that 25 per cent. of the children of the workers are suffering from the use of these substitutes
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERI was not aware of that.