§ 60. Mr. REMER (for Sir GERALD HURST)asked the President of the Board of Trade how many persons have become bankrupt in Manchester and Salford in the two years ended 31st May, 1931; and how this figure compares with that of corresponding bankruptcies in the previous two years?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHThe number of bankruptcies in Manchester and Salford in the two years ended 31st May, 1931, was 308; in the previous two years it was 296.