§ Sir R. Clarryasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can make a statement as to the purpose of the Goods and Services (Price Control) Utility Household Textiles Order (S.R. & O. 880, of 1943), which amends seven earlier orders, and appears to abolish the Purchase Tax in certain cases?
§ Mr. DaltonThe reasons for making this Order were: to consolidate all previous Orders fixing the maximum prices which wholesalers and retailers may charge for utility household textiles, such as towels, sheets, pillow cases, the cloths from which1414W these are made, and black-out cloth; to adjust the maximum prices to recent changes in the cost of labour and raw materials; to take account of the removal of Purchase Tax from these cloths as from 3rd May last; and to allow retailers who had paid Purchase Tax on stocks of utility black-out cloth bought before 3rd May to recover the tax on this cloth from the public until 31st October.