§ Mr. John Lewisasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will arrange for the granting of priorities of deliveries for machinery necessary for the production of chemicals and raw materials required for the production of goods for export purposes; and what administrative machinery is available for representations to be made 1322 by manufacturers who wish to apply for such priorities.
§ Mr. Ellis SmithOwing to the difficulty in assessing priorities between one user of machinery and another, it is generally best to leave the machinery makers and their customers to decide on the order of delivery. But special arrangements can be made for exceptional cases which deserve overriding priority. In these cases, the machinery-user should submit his case to the department which deals with his industry.