§ Mr. Rhys Davies:asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that shopkeepers, whilst holding ample supplies of buckets and other fire-fighting appliances, decline to sell them because they have already exceeded their sales quota; and will he take steps to remove this anomaly?
§ Captain Waterhouse:I have been asked to reply. There is no restriction under the Limitation of Supplies Orders upon the sale of goods by shopkeepers. These Orders, however, do impose a restriction upon sales by manufacturers and wholesalers to shopkeepers, and on this I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which was given to the hon. Member for Broxtowe (Mr. Cocks) on 28th January. I am sending him a copy of this reply and of a related announcement by the Ministry of Home Securtiy.