HC Deb 19 November 1946 vol 430 c69W
88. Mr. Prescott

asked the President of the Board of Trade what arrangements have been made for the purchasing of bedroom suites from European countries; the total value; and from what respective countries.

Mr. Belcher

Arrangements have been made to purchase 60,000 bedroom suites from European countries. The total sum to be paid to the foreign suppliers is £2,028,750. Thirty thousand of the suites are coining from Czechoslovakia, 20,000 from Holland and 10,000 from Poland.