§ 35. Mr. Georģe Wallaceasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is in a position to make available increased supplies of curtaining materials; arid if he will review the present coupon values of such materials.
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade (Mr. Belcher)Yes, Sir. Supplies of curtain material this year should be considerably greater than last, but the improvement will not be immediately apparent. The bulk of the production is utility fabric, which is reserved for priority docket holders and may be supplied to them against the dockets free of coupons. Of the remaining material, some is coupon free, some is pointed at one-third coupon rate, and a small proportion, which is suitable for clothing, is pointed at the normal rate. I see no reason to alter these arrangements.