§ Mr. Rileyasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the destruction by enemy action of traders' and merchants' stocks, he will consider reviewing the operation of the Limitation of Supplies Order; especially as the recent extension of rationing to many manufactured articles emphasises the need for such a review?
§ Captain WaterhouseThe operation of the Limitation of Supplies Orders so far as concerns goods covered by the Consumer Rationing Order will be kept under constant review with the object of assisting the consumer rationing scheme. Even so, however, large stocks will still be liable to destruction unless wholesalers take action on the lines repeatedly recommended by the Board of Trade, that is, disperse their stocks by placing them in storage at retailer's premises or storing them in less vulnerable areas.