§ 56. Mr. Rileyasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of an acute shortage in the supply of children's summer playthings such as buckets and spades; whether he will afford reasonable facilities for the manufacture of these children's playthings provided they are made from surplus waste materials not essential to the war effort?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade (Captain Waterhouse)The manufacture of metal toys, including children's buckets and spades, has been prohibited in order to free the labour, material and capacity involved for the manufacture of munitions. Some toys are still being made from materials which are not in such short supply.
§ Mr. MackWould it not be to the national advantage that the only spades permitted to be manufactured should be those for agricultural purposes and grave diggers?