Artists' Materials Mr. Astor asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can, at an early date, release on the home market a larger quantity of materials of one kind and another used by British artists in pursuing their profession. Sir S. Cripps I will certainly see that more materials are made available as soon as I can, but it may not be possible to get much improvement in supplies until the shortage of skilled operatives required to produce them has been made good.