§ 66. Mr. Sharpasked the President of the Board of Trade why single persons who, through force of circumstances, are compelled to set up house for the first time, are still denied priority dockets and permits for household furnishings and utility furniture; whether he is aware of the hardship so caused to a relatively small number of people; and whether he will now arrange for them to be included in the categories of people entitled to be considered for the issue of such priority dockets and permits.
§ Sir S. CrippsTo extend the scheme for utility furniture and household furnishings on the lines suggested by my hon. Friend would increase the demand beyond the point where it could be met out of current resources and cannot be contemplated at present. The needs of single people are normally less urgent than those of the present priority classes, but in very exceptional circumstances their applications are sympathetically considered.