§ Flight-Lieutenant Haireasked the President of the Board of Trade what furniture and other factories in the borough of High Wycombe are still requisitioned by his Department; how many of these are in actual production; how many used for storage; and when can they be derequisitioned.
§ Sir S. CrippsOf 26 furniture factories and six other industrial premises of a total area of 613,000 square feet, Government Departments still hold under requisition approximately 254,000 square feet mainly for storage purposes. Thus, in these factories, 359,000 square feet are now available to their owners for civilian production. Nearly half of the total requisitioned space should be cleared by the end of March.