HC Deb 08 May 1946 vol 422 c100W
85. Dr. Segal

asked the President of the Board of Trade when he will undertake to provide an adequate supply of coconut-fibre doormats.

Mr. Belcher:

The production of doormats in the United Kingdom is larger than before the war, but almost all our supplies used to come from India. There is a world shortage of the coir yarn from which they are made.