HC Deb 10 May 1932 vol 265 c1709
23. Mr. THOMAS COOK

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has any information as to the number of farmers and smallholders in Norfolk who have had to give up owing to bankruptcy and failure to meet their obligations, together with the total acreage concerned?

Mr. RUNCIMAN

The number of farmers and smallholders in the area of the Norwich, Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn Bankruptcy Courts who failed in 1931 under either the Bankruptcy Act or the Deeds of Arrangement Act was 74. No information is available as to the acreage concerned.