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Utility Fabrics

Volume 477: debated on Friday 14 July 1950

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asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will provide a list of the utility numbers of the various items of clothing, dress materials, furnishing fabrics and carpets with a broad indication of the quality applicable to each number.

The utility numbers and specifications of woven cloth knitted goods and furnishing fabrics are contained in the following Statutory Instruments:

Utility Woven Cloth (Cotton, Rayon & Linen) Order, 1950 (S.I. 1950 No. 304) and Schedule N.W.3 to that Order as amended by S.I. 1950 No. 450 with List No. 1 of Amendments to Schedule N.W.3 and S.I. 1950 No. 832 with List No. 2 of Amendments to Schedule N.W.3.
Utility Woven Cloth (Wool & Animal Fibre) (Marking, Supply and Manufacturers' Prices) Order, 1950 (S.I. 1950 No. 608) as amended by S.I. 1950 No. 1002.
Knitted Goods (Manufacture & Supply) Order, 1949 (S.I. 1949 No. 1927) with Utility Knitted Goods Schedule K to that Order as amended by S.I. 1949 No. 1991, S.I. 1950 No. 151, S.I. 1950 No. 502 and S.I. 1950 No. 946.
Utility Curtain Cloth Order, 1950 (S.I. 1950 No. 26) as amended by S.I. 1950 No. 821.
Upholstery Cloth (Utility) Order, 1948 (S.I. 1948 No. 881) as amended by S.I. 1949 No. 1642 and S.I. 1950 No. 822.
Utility clothing, other than knitted goods, bears the utility number of the cloth from which it has been made. There are no utility carpets.There are many utility numbers and it is not practicable to give a summary of the quality applicable to each.