HC Deb 31 March 1949 vol 463 cc135-6W
74. Mr. Shepherd

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give a list of the controls still exercised by his Department in the licensing of manufacturers and the purchase, acquisition and allocation of raw materials, respectively.

Mr. H. Wilson

Following is a list, setting out (i) the goods which require a licence for trade or manufacture; (ii) the materials purchased for resale on Government account; (iii) the materials which cannot be acquired without a licence. I should make it clear that this list does not include import licensing or any non-statutory arrangement for the allocation of materials.

(1) Goods which require a licence for trade or manufacture

  • Advertising circulars.
  • Carpets, rugs, mats and matting.
  • Contents posters (for newspapers and periodicals).
  • Cotton linters.
  • Cutlery, spoons and forks (except certain types).
  • Footwear.
  • Utility furs.
  • Domestic glassware (decorated by cutting, engraving or etching).
  • Gloves.
  • Hard hemp.
  • True hemp (except Indian).
  • Hosiery.
  • Raw jute.
  • Jute yarn and goods.
  • Lace.
  • Lactic acid and casein.
  • Dressed leather.
  • Organs.
  • Packaging (certain types of metal and glass containers).
  • Paint.
  • Paper and Board.
  • Pencils.
  • Pianos.
  • Domestic Pottery.
  • Sulphuric acid.
  • Textiles (loom licensing).
  • Wool: combing laps, nods, tops, broken tops.

(2) Materials purchased for resale on Government account

  • Basic slag.
  • Calcium carbide.
  • Calf skins.
  • Casein (lactic and rennet).
  • Chile nitrates.
  • Cotton waste (imported).
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  • Cyanamide.
  • True hemp.
  • Raw hides.
  • Raw jute.
  • Jute yarn and goods.
  • Molasses:
  • Ethyl alcohol.
  • Butyl alcohol.
  • Acetic acid and anhydride.
  • Paper making materials:
  • Esparto.
  • Straw.
  • Woodpulp.
  • Phosphate rock and superphosphates.
  • Potash, carbonate of potash, and caustic potash.
  • Pulpwood.
  • Sulphur and pyrites.
  • Timber:
  • Plywood, imported softwood (except imported pitwood and imported boxboards), imported hardwood (except certain specialities) and imported backing veneers.

(3)Materials which cannot be acquired without a licence.

  • Bristles (for brush making).
  • *Cotton linters.
  • Cotton yarn.
  • Raw jute.
  • Jute yarn.
  • New Jute goods.
  • *Dressed Leather.
  • Linseed oil.
  • Molasses:
  • Ethyl alcohol.
  • Butyl alcohol.
  • Acetic acid and anhydride.
  • Paper making materials: esparto, rags, straw.
  • *Paper and Board.
  • Pulpwood.
  • *Silk yarn.
  • Timber:
  • Softwood (including sleepers, crossings, poles, boxboards).
  • *Hardwood (certain species).
  • Mining timber.
  • Veneers.
  • Unmanufactured tobacco.
  • Willows.
  • *Woodpulp.
  • Wool rags, mungo, shoddy and waste.
  • Wool tops, broken tops, noils, combing laps.
  • Wool yarn.
  • *Open licences in place of quantitative licences as announced on 22nd March, 1949.

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