91. Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchisonasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the present policy of reserving a high proportion of electric washing machines for installation in new houses is unfair to people who live in old-fashioned houses and have great need of such labour-saving devices: and whether he will change this preferential policy so as to give the occupiers of older houses a fairer chance of obtaining these appliances.
§ Mr. BevanI am not aware that any part of the production of electric washing machines is reserved for installation in new houses. The latter part of the Question does not therefore arise.
Lieut.-Commander HutchisonDoes not the right hon. Gentleman realise that the Board of Trade say that a proportion of these machines is reserved for new houses?