§ 22. Mr. Osborneasked the Minister of Supply if he is aware that Crown Mills, Walnut Street, Leicester, has been cleared of naval stores and derequisitioned except for 4,000 feet which his Department is retaining for stores which were declared surplus in 1945, including 2,000 rubber hot water bottles and other items in short supply; and what steps does he propose to take immediately to complete the de-requisitioning of this factory and save the expense of keeping three men to look after these redundant stores.
§ Mr. Wilmot:The hot water bottles referred to have already been sold and removed. The remaining stores will be disposed of directly from these premises within the next few weeks. In the meantime they are being moved to an air raid shelter out of the way of the firm's normal activities.