§ 42. Colonel Ropnerasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make a statement with regard to the possibility of removing household linen from the clothes rationing scheme.
§ Mr. H. WilsonSheets, towels and tea towels are the only items of household linen now rationed. The considerations mentioned in my reply on 1st November to the hon. Member for Darwen (Mr. Prescott) with regard to the rationing of clothing apply, with even greater force, to the rationing of these articles.
§ Sir I. Fraserasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now prepared to free all household linen from rationing.
§ Mr. H. WilsonI would refer the hon. Member to the reply I have given today to the hon. and gallant Member for Barkston Ash (Colonel Ropner).