§ Sir W. Smithersasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that orders for woo! materials for Rhodesia and South Africa cannot be executed because the Wool Export Control in Bradford refuse to give allocations especially for 206 and 208 qualities of which there is a glut in Britain; and what steps he is taking to alter this practice.
§ Sir S. CrippsI am aware that, owing to the shortage of labour in the wool industry, the amount of cloth available for export is much below the level of overseas demand. Export allocations, however, arc fixed as high as possible in relation to other claims, and it would not be practicable or desirable to divert utility cloths to export. The production of these cloths, including numbers 206 and 208, is no more then sufficient to meet the current needs of the clothing ration.