§ 64. Mr. Storeyasked the President of the Board of Trade whether as the people with special needs to whom priority dockets for the purchase of sheets and blankets are issued do not include those whose stocks were, even before the war, at a low level owing to long unemployment, he will amend the conditions governing the issue of priority dockets so as to include such people.
§ Captain WaterhouseWhile sympathetic with the purpose of my hon. 1049 Friend's proposal, I fear that for reasons both of supply and administration I cannot extend the conditions governing the grant of priority dockets in the manner suggested.
§ Mr. StoreyIs my right hon. and gallant Friend aware that in the households described in the Question, the Home Guard's overcoat is the principal bed covering? Will he not reconsider his refusal, in the light of that fact?
§ Captain WaterhouseI am well aware that there is a very grave shortage of bed coverings throughout the country but I am also well aware that there are many categories of people, other than those mentioned in the Question, who are equally short.