§ 8. Mr. Grimstonasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will withdraw the instructions that coupons must be surrendered for articles sold at jumble sales, bazaars, &c., in cases where such articles are gifts from donors who have already surrendered coupons for them or are articles made from unrationed material or by the remaking of second-hand clothes.
§ 14. Mr. Hurdasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will encourage the thrifty conversion of outworn clothes during the prolonged scarcity of new clothes by amending the Consumer Rationing Order to exempt from coupons remade garments at sales of work organised for charitable purposes.
§ Sir S. CrippsI would refer the hon. Members to the reply given to similar Questions on Tuesday last.
§ Mr. HurdWhy should the Government be so slow in removing a control which is merely exasperating hard-working and thrifty ladies and serving no useful purpose?
§ Sir S. CrippsThere is an extreme shortage of clothing.
§ Mr. HurdIs that not a reason why they should be allowed to convert existing clothing into something useful?
§ Sir S. CrippsWe should then nave an unequal distribution.