§ Mr. Tinkerasked the Secretary of State for War what is the scheme to be set up for the repair of Army boots; whether there will be areas set up in each part of the country under an area boot repair controller, or will there be one central repair factory?
§ Mr. EdenA panel has been constituted at the War Office, consisting of members of various representative trade associations and of the War Office, to deal with the subject of boot repairs for the Army as a whole. There will be a boot repair controller at the War Office, assisted by area controllers for each of the seven areas into which the country will be divided for the purpose. All these controllers will be civilians. The scheme is to spread the repair of Army boots over the whole country, giving the small repairer an opportunity of securing a share of the repair work equally with the large repairer.