HC Deb 10 April 1928 vol 162 cc1043-4
8. Mr. T. SMITH

asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of bankruptcies registered in the agricultural industry for each year from 1914 to 1922, inclusive?

Sir P. LLOYD-GREAME

As this answer contains a table of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

The table is as follows:

Numbers of failures, under the Bankruptcy Act, of farmers, market gardeners and smallholders for the years stated:
1914 … … … … 131
1915 … … … … 97
1916 … … … … 54
1917 … … … … 57
1918 … … … … 24
1919 … … … … 26
1920 … … … … 31
1921 … … … … 222
1922 … … … … 327