§ 1. Lieut.-Colonel Liptonasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what further inquiries he has made into the safety of synthetic detergents used by housewives for domestic purposes.
§ 2. Sir H. Williamsasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will now make a further statement about the effects of detergents on sanitary fittings.
§ The Minister of Housing and Local Government (Mr. Harold Macmillan)I must await the report of the Committee on Synthetic Detergents, whose appointment I announced on 15th May last, before I can make any statement.
§ Lieut.-Colonel LiptonIs the Minister aware that many housewives find that these detergents irritate the hands, and would not research into their effect on the skin be much more beneficial than the spending of vast sums of money on the advertising of these products?
§ Mr. MacmillanI hope to receive the interim report very soon.