HC Deb 21 July 1955 vol 544 c561
47. Mr. Ellis Smith

asked the President of the Board of Trade the cost of copper wire bars per ton in 1945, 1946 and at the date of decontrol, respectively.

The President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Peter Thorneycroft)

The price of copper wire bars in this country was £62 a ton in 1945; it rose by stages to £98 during 1946, and at the date of decontrol (4th August, 1953) it was £252.