ARTIFICIAL SILK INDUSTRY.

HC Deb 25 February 1929 vol 225 cc1558-9

59. Sir JOHN POWER

asked the President of the Board of Trade how the production of British artificial silk yarn in 1928 compares with that in 1924?

Mr. H. WILLIAMS

The artificial silk yarn produced in the United Kingdom and chargeable with Excise Duty in 1928 amounted to 50,388,000 lbs. The output in 1924, as ascertained by the Census of Production, was 25,654,000 lbs.