§ 111. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that shops in England have been supplied with decorative china which has been rejected for export, none of which is obtainable in North-East Scotland where there is a shortage of china of every kind, plain and coloured; and if he will rectify 182W this inequality in time for the present holiday season.
§ Mr. BelcherA small quantity of decorated pottery which is imperfect and, therefore, unsuitable for export is sold on the home market. As in the case of plain ware, the manufacturers have undertaken to distribute it as widely as possible.