§ 55. Mr. Turtonasked the Minister of Agriculture what proportion of the English clip was handled by private merchants and agricultural co-operative societies, respectively, in the years 1938 and 1948.
Mr. T. WilliamsNo figures are available for the year 1938; but in 1940 the 1321 wool clip of England and Wales weighed 50,542,000 pounds, of which the wool co-operative societies handled 2,831,000 pounds, or slightly over 5.6 per cent. In 1948, the wool clip of England and Wales totalled 33,600,000 pounds, of which the co-operative societies handled 1,969,000 pounds, or nearly 5.9 per cent.
§ Mr. TurtonWill the right hon. Gentleman try to get the figures for 1938 in order to give a proper comparison between the present position and the position pre-war?