§ 20. Mr. William Shepherdasked the President of the Board of Trade the total grossage of glass bottles ordered by Government Departments during the year 1946; and the comparable figures or 1938.
§ The President of the Board of Trade (Sir Stafford Cripps)301,200 gross of empty bottles were ordered by Government Departments during 1946. I regret that no comparable figures for 1938 are available.
§ Colonel J. R. H. HutchisonDoes the right hon. and learned Gentleman's reply mean that there is now a bottleneck in bottles?
§ Sir S. CrippsThe total production of bottles is 17,500,000 gross.