HC Deb 27 March 1946 vol 421 c369
47. Mr. Peter Freeman

asked the Minister of Food whether he will now decontrol soap.

The Minister of Food (Sir Benjamin Smith)

There is, I am sorry to say, no prospect of my being able to bring the soap rationing scheme to an end at an early date.

Mr. Peter Freeman

Would my right hon. Friend consider whether, in the meantime, he will provide extra supplies for the poor harassed housewife in her spring cleaning problems?

Sir B. Smith

It is quite impossible for me to give anything out of the very short supplies in the country today.

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