§ Sir W. Darlingasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will consider issuing industrial coupons to working women and housewives on the same terms as industrial clothing coupons are issued to factory and other industrial workers.
§ Mr. BelcherNo. The basic ration is intended to make provision for clothes for working as well as for leisure hours. Women factory workers, many of whom do housework as well, are given extra coupons because of the abnormal wear and tear on their clothes through working in a factory.