§ 18. Mr. Draysonasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that seedgrowers who in the past have distributed their products in paper bags are now using cotton containers; and if he is satisfied that the supply of textiles for clothing, furnishings and the export trade is yet adequate to warrant this use of an essential commodity.
§ Mr. BelcherYes, Sir. In certain cases where no other material would be equally suitable, low quality cotton cloth is being used for seed containers. The quantity of yarn used (about nine tons a year) is so small as to have no appreciable effect on the supply of textiles.
§ Mr. DraysonIs the Minister aware that, before I put this Question on the Order Paper, I consulted Messrs. Sutton's, of Reading, who informed me they would much rather use paper than cotton bags if suitable paper were available?
§ Mr. BelcherI was not aware that Messrs. Sutton's sold seeds in any particular kind of container.