§ Colonel Raynerasked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is the policy of his Department to encourage small specialist industries in urban centres in the rural districts; and whether these generally have survived the strain of the war effort.
§ Mr. DaltonIt has been the policy of the Government during the war to encourage munition or essential civilian production wherever immobile labour and other facilities such as transport are available; and many such units in small towns have proved of great value.