HC Deb 24 March 1949 vol 463 c46W
Brigadier Rayner

asked the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received protesting against the use of the term "wool" to describe cloth containing only 15 per cent. of wool; and what action he proposes to take.

Mr. H. Wilson

In consequence of representations received from various quarters in the past few years that the term "wool cloth" should not be used in Statutory Instruments, to refer to any cloth containing more than 15 per cent. of wool, we undertook that, as and when these Statutory Instruments were reviewed, they should be amended to avoid defining the term in a way which might prejudice its interpretation as a trade description. This has been done.