§ 8. Mr. S. Shephardasked the President of the Board of Trade what organisations have been set up by his Department to deal with the disposal of Government surplus stores; and what value of goods have each disposed of, to a recent date.
§ Sir S. CrippsThe trading organisations which have been set up, or are used, by the Board of Trade to deal with the disposal of Government surplus stores and the value of goods which each has disposed of to the 30th November, are as follows:
| £ | |
| Surplus Textiles Corporation, Ltd. | 788,481 |
| Reconditioned and Salvaged Clothing Merchants' Association, Ltd. | 145,862 |
| British Overseas Cotton, Ltd. | 172,200 |
§ In addition, the Wool Industry Surplus Cloth Corporation, Ltd., has just started operations, and a Surplus Hardware Corporation is about to be registered.
§ Mr. ShephardIs the Minister satisfied with the present progress of the disposal of surplus Government stores?
§ Sir S. Cripps:I am never satisfied with anything, but this is going, I think, as well as can be expected.