§ 5. Mr. John Dugdaleasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the shortage of electrolytic condensers in the Midlands; and whether, as such shortage may seriously affect large numbers of wireless owners, he has any proposals to make for remedying it?
§ Mr. DaltonThe shortage of electrolytic condensers is due to the ever-increasing demands of the Fighting Services for radio equipment of all kinds. I fully recognise the importance of keeping civilian wireless sets in use and steps have already been taken to increase production of electrolytic condensers.
§ Mr. DugdaleIs my right hon. Friend aware that in my constituency, and I have no doubt in others, 25 per cent. of all repairs to wireless sets are due to breakdowns in this particular apparatus?
§ Mr. DaltonI have been giving personal attention to this matter for some little while. I have had a number of reports on the difficulties of owners of wireless sets. I am glad to say that arrangements have now been made which, if they are carried out, as I hope they will be, by those concerned, will mean that by the end of March next we will have filled up the gaps in the 1942 maintenance programme.