HC Deb 18 March 1946 vol 420 c292W
105. Mr. W. Shepherd

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to lift the British Standards Institution package regulations instituted during the war.

Sir S. Cripps

Most of these have already been withdrawn. The only ones that are still in force relate to metal and glass containers, in the manufacture of which the shortage of labour is still so great as to preclude any relaxation at the present time.