§ Mr. Jannerasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many nylon stockings have been confiscated by Customs and Excise in each of the last three years; and how such stockings are distributed after being seized.
§ Mr. JayNylons are not distinguished from other stockings in the Customs records. The numbers of pairs of stockings seized in the last three years were as follow:
1948–49 … … … 49,130 1949–50 … … … 74,930 1950–51 … … … 59,570 They were sold through the Surplus Textiles Corporation for the benefit of the Exchequer.