§ Sir J. Mellorasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works on what principle persons are selected as distributors under the provisions of the Control of War Emergency Paint Order, 1943 (S.R. & O. No. 1183 of 1943); and whether any paint distributor who is not selected has any right of appeal against his non-selection?
§ Mr. HicksPrior to the war about 50,000 retailers were dealing in paint and it has only been possible to select less than 3,000 for the distribution of this relatively small quantity of emergency wartime paint. Distributors were selected after consultation with the trade associations and with a view to securing a fair distribution spread over the whole country. Applications for addition to the list have generally been granted, subject to this consideration. If there are other distributors who wish to be added the Ministry is quite willing to consider applications and any dissatisfied distributor may appeal to the Minister.