§ Sir J. Mellorasked the President of the Board of Trade why sanitary towels are scarce and medium and large sizes unobtainable; why loops are not fitted to a 117W large proportion of the sanitary towels recently manufactured; and what steps he is taking to increase the supply.
§ Mr. BelcherAs the result of the substantial increase in production over the last few months, and imports from the U.S.A., the recent general shortage, the reasons for which were given in the reply on 4th February to the hon. Member for West Harrow (Mr. Bower), is gradually disappearing. The absence of loops in some cases is due to the shortage of labour for attaching them and to the fact that some of the imported towels are without loops. I am having inquiries made about the suggestion that medium and large sized towels are more difficult to obtain than the smaller ones.