HC Deb 04 March 1942 vol 378 cc652-3
71. Mr. Colegate

asked the President of the Board of Trade why the manufacture of Christmas crackers for export is unrestricted at a time when the export of many articles of greater value for procuring foreign exchange is prohibited?

Mr. Harcourt Johnstone (Secretary, Overseas Trade Department)

No new paper has been released for some considerable time for the manufacture of Christmas crackers for export.