HC Deb 01 February 1944 vol 396 c1151W
Mr. Hogg

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport at what date it is proposed to extend the Oxford laundry zoning scheme to the rest of the country.

Mr. Noel-Baker

The Government do not propose to extend the Oxford laundry zoning scheme to the rest of the country. While the same principles have been applied to other parts of the country, my hon. Friend will realise that there are some thousands of schemes for the rationalisation of retail deliveries, and that it is neither possible nor desirable to make them uniform. They vary from commodity to commodity and from place to place, according to the local conditions. The Government do not think it wise to impose a greater measure of uniformity on laundry services than has been imposed on delivery services of other kinds.