§ 128. Mr. Sharpasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in order to assist the sock-mending housewife to economise in the use of wool, he will no longer require wool mending skeins to be made in the war-time make up of very short lengths.
§ Mr. BottomleyThe reason why coupon-free mending wool must be cut into short lengths is to discourage the public from buying it for handknitting.