§ 6. Mr. Doddsasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give further support to the industries concerned in the production of terylene fur coats, in order that mass production may be started so as to ensure the export of these coats before next winter.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftI am informed that the fabric for these coats is still in the technical development stage and that mass production will not be a practical proposition for some time. The industries concerned are receiving every assistance from the producers of the raw material, and I am not aware that they require any special support from the Government.
§ Mr. Fletcher-CookeAre these terylene fur coats animal, vegetable or mineral?
§ Mr. ThorneycroftI should like notice of that question.
§ Lieut.-Colonel LiptonWill the President encourage this interesting new development, because if the ladies can be persuaded to wear these coats instead of mink it will definitely help our foreign trade balance?
§ Mr. ThorneycroftWithout attempting to say what ladies ought to wear, I shall do all I can to encourage the development of terylene.