§ 39 and 40. Sir M. Sueterasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what arrangements have been made to supply foreign tooth brushes to certain British Dominions and Colonies; and has the brush export group been informed of all the arrangements;
(2) why the proposal made to his department that the Governments of the British Colonies affected by the arrangements for the supply of foreign tooth brushes should purchase bulk supplies of tooth brushes without trade marks for distribution through normal channels in order to retain the goodwill of British industry for the post-war period have been disregarded.
§ Mr. Harcourt Johnstone (Secretary, Department of Overseas Trade)The requirements of the Empire for tooth brushes cannot all be met from this country at present. Part of the requirements is accordingly being met from the United States through ordinary commercial channels. The Brush Export Group have been kept informed.