– in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 31 October 1949.
Commander Harry Pursey
, Kingston upon Hull East
12:00,
31 October 1949
asked the Minister of Food (1) the annual amount of "Anona" toilet soap supplied wholesale, for resale to the trade, to the British Legion workshops at Preston Hall, near Maidstone, Kent; the firm who supplies this soap; and the wholesale and retail prices per tablet of soap;
(2) why "Anona" toilet soap is supplied wholesale, for resale to the trade, to the British Legion workshops at Preston Hall, near Maidstone, Kent; and why this soap is re-sold with a label "Produced in the British Legion Village by Disabled ex-Service men," when it is manufactured in a soap factory.
Dr Edith Summerskill
, Fulham West
British Legion Industries (Preston Hall) Incorporated are wholesalers of soap and the amount which they can obtain depends on the coupon value of the ration documents they are able to collect. It is not our practice to disclose information about the commercial arrangements of individual firms. There is no control over the wholesale selling prices of toilet soap, but the maximum retail price of "Anona Picture" toilet soap is 11½d. per 3 oz. tablet.
Commander Harry Pursey
, Kingston upon Hull East
Why is a rationed article, which is in short supply, supplied to the British Legion simply for advertising purposes, which are of a false nature?
Dr Edith Summerskill
, Fulham West
We cannot discriminate between firms. British Legion Industries have always dealt in soap in this way.
Sir John Langford-Holt
, Shrewsbury
Will the right hon. Lady invite her hon. and gallant Friend to carry on his rather childish war with the British Legion outside the precincts of this House?
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