§ Mr. Lewisasked the President of the Board of Trade, by whose advice raw material and labour, urgently requited for other purposes, were used to make austerity suits which have proved unsaleable and which it is now proposed to send to the Continent of Europe after the war to the detriment of our reputation for tailoring.
§ Mr. DaltonMy hon. Friend is misinformed. Large quantities of austerity suits have been sold for 26 coupons since the style restrictions were introduced in March, 1942. At 20 coupons these suits are a very good bargain. Our supplies of cloth being strictly limited, it will not be possible to spare more than a proportion of these suits for relief in Europe.