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Sir W. Wayland
asked the Minister of Supply if he will give details of the prices that have been fixed by his Ministry for hides and sheep skins.
Mr. R. Grimston
For the most part hides and sheepskins are taken over by the Ministry of Supply from the Ministry of Food, which acquires the car case as a whole. The hides are resold to tanners at prices related to the stabilised prices for leather, and the sheepskin pelts after fell mongering at the prices laid down in the Control of Hides and Skins (No. 8) Order, 1940. A limited number of sheepskins with the wool on are sold for dressing at prices based on the value of the wool and the pelt.