§ 14. Mr. Hannahasked the President of the Board of Trade what form it is proposed that the assistance will take which businesses, now compulsorily closed, will be entitled to in order to start again after the war?
§ Captain WaterhouseThe precise forms of assistance must clearly depend on the circumstances prevailing at the end of the war, but the Government have no intention of departing from their statement of policy laid down in Command Paper 6258 on the Concentration of Production.
§ Mr. HannahMay the industries compulsorily closed rely on being allowed to open again under satisfactory circumstances after the war?
§ Captain WaterhouseThe words in the White Paper are:
The closed factories should be kept ready to start again as soon as possible after the war. The Departments concerned will then take all measures open to them to assist their speedy re-opening.
§ Mr. HannahThank you.