HC Deb 01 August 1919 vol 118 c2434W
Lieut.-Colonel HERBERT

asked the President of the Board of Trade, why control has been taken off British wool?

Mr. KELLAWAY

The Government decided that in view of the great reduction in military demands, the purchase of the 1919 British clip was not practicable without the consent of the large majority of growers. This consent was not forthcoming. The Government would not be justified in continuing a control which was a war emergency measure and would have been in the nature of a trading venture.

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