§ Mr. Astorasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can, at an early date, release on the home market a larger quantity of materials of one kind and another used by British artists in pursuing their profession.
§ Sir S. CrippsI will certainly see that more materials are made available as soon as I can, but it may not be possible to get much improvement in supplies until the shortage of skilled operatives required to produce them has been made good.