§ I2. Mr. Wootton-Daviesasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the shortage of clog bottoms in the Heywood and Radcliffe districts of Lancashire is still serious; and what is the reason for the difficulty encountered by war workers in securing these articles?
§ Mr. DaltonAs I have already informed the House, output of clog bottoms has risen by over 70 per cent. compared with 1941, and I am doing everything possible to raise it still further. I am at present in touch with the manufacturers with that object in view. I have also called for reports from my area distribution officers, in order to direct supplies to those areas which need them most.
§ Mr. Wootton-DaviesIs not my right hon. Friend aware that clogs are essentially Lancashire footwear, and that if he is regulating the supply to 8o per cent. in other parts of the country, Lancashire must go unduly short?
§ Mr. DaltonMy information is that the two largest producers of clog soles are Messrs. Maude and Son, of Hebden Bridge, and British Clog Soles, of Snaith, Yorkshire.