§ 132. Mr. Collinsasked the President of the Board of Trade if Wellington boots and other types of protective footwear are to be included in the new utility range.
§ Mr. BottomleyNo. The new Utility footwear scheme has been prepared in consultation with the leather shoe and slipper industries. Rubber footwear is produced by an entirely separate industry, of which the manufacture of footwear forms only one part and in which no Utility scheme has ever operated. There are considerable difficulties in the way of devising one.