§ 24. Mr. Hannahasked the President of the Board of Trade whether a list is being kept of all businesses compulsorily closed or only of factories, in the narrow sense?
§ Mr. DaltonLists are kept in my Department of factories closed under concentration and also of all premises requisitioned by other Departments under the authority of the Board of Trade.
§ Mr. HannahDo the Government realise the terrible hardships to many individuals caused, by this policy?
§ Major LyonsHas my right hon. Friend any knowledge of a large number of small shopkeepers being forced out of business as a result of economic causes and difficulties of trading?
§ Mr. DaltonNo small shops are compulsorily closed. That question does not strictly arise on my hon. Friend's Question, which I have answered as it appears on the Paper, and perhaps my hon. and gallant Friend will await my answer to a later Question on retail trade.