§ Sir W. EVANS GORDONI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give the gross loss to creditors from bankruptcies of aliens during the last five years; and what proportion of such loss is due to different nationalities.
I beg further to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state how many aliens have been made bankrupt in this country in the last five years; how many of these bankruptcies occurred in London; what is the average payment to creditors of native and alien bankrupts respectively; how many alien bankrupts have been found, in the same period, not to have kept books; what is the average proportion of assets of debts as between native and alien bankrupts; how many bankrupts have been Russian subjects; and how many have stated that, prior to their insolvency, they made their 1510 business over to their wives or other relatives.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. KEARLEY,) DevonportNo separate statistics for aliens have been kept by the Board of Trade which will enable me to furnish information as to the number of, or the losses to creditors from bankruptcies of aliens during the last five years, but I may remind the hon. Member that some figures on this subject were given by the Senior Official Receiver of the London (High Court) District in his evidence before the Royal Commission on Alien Immigration of which the hon. Gentleman was a member.
§ Sir W. EVANS GORDONAre there no figures more recent?
§ MR. KEARLEYNo, Sir.