§ Major Digbyasked the Minister of Health if he is aware that large quantities of blankets and also tins and packets of food are rapidly deteriorating in abandoned rest centres; and whether he will take steps to make these stocks available to the public before they have deteriorated further.
§ Sir J. Mellorasked the Minister of Health why he has refused to authorise the sale to the public of thousands of blankets and other household articles acquired for use at wartime rest centres in Warwickshire; what use is now being made of these articles; and what is their destination.
§ Mr. BevanI am aware that local authorities hold surplus stocks of goods provided originally for the Emergency Services. Fresh instructions as to the disposal of these stocks will be issued shortly.