§ Mr. Lennox-Boydasked the Minister of Supply whether he is in a position to allocate a small quantity of lead to the British toy trade for home market purposes.
§ Mr. WilmotThe available supplies of lead are not sufficient to meet our requirements of important products such as cables, batteries and housing components and we are having to use substitute materials to satisfy the demands for these. In the circumstances I have had with much regret to cut out supplies of lead for non-essential manufactures including toys. Manufacturers should endeavour to use other metals which are not in short supply, and we will gladly advise.