§ Mr. Neubertasked the Secretary of State for Trade what are the respective estimated amounts of compensation liable to be paid to customers of the eight air travel organisers named in Written Answers to the hon. Member for Rom-ford on 11th March as coming within the scope of Section 2(4)(b) and (5) of the Air Travel Reserve Fund Bill.
§ Mr. Shore:It is not possible to give an accurate estimate of the compensation liable to be paid to customers of the eight air travel organisers because: (a) claims must be collected and verified, in order to supplement information available from the air travel organiser's own records; (b) the claims to be paid by the Reserve Fund Bill will depend on how many of the verified claims can be met by the moneys remaining in the bonds; (c) many of the claims refer to moneys held by travel
£ thousand cif Federal Republic of Germany U.S.A. Irish Republic Portugal Italy Wool tops … … … … … 77 413 13 17 0 Synthetic and regenerated fibres … … 8,903 7,567 4,155 15 4,425 Textile yarn and thread … … … 33,411 16,561 28,244 9,050 10,266 Cotton fabrics, woven (not including narrow or special fabrics) … … … … 5,296 11,712 7,244 6,944 1,625 Textile fabrics, woven (not including narrow or special fabrics) other than cotton fabrics 16,129 28,731 12,712 11,655 27,617 Tulle, lace, embroidery, ribbons, trimmings and other small wares … … … 837 836 436 7 95 Special textile fabrics and related products … 8,094 5,448 3,536 4,283 1,826 Made-up articles wholly or chiefly of textile materials … … … … … 930 2,372 3,920 16,223 1,006 Floor coverings, tapestries, etc. … … 1,309 1,071 11,666 404 197