HC Deb 20 February 1947 vol 433 cc196-7W
Mr. W. Fletcher

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of considerable stocks of raw rubber in this country and production at a higher scale than anticipated of raw rubber in Malaya, he will now release more adequate supplies of tyres for the home market.

Sir S. Cripps

The production of tyres has not been restricted by the supplies of raw rubber but by other factors, such as skilled labour and production capacity.