HC Deb 07 December 1938 vol 342 c1193W
Mr. Trevor Cox

asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the volume of unemployment in North-East Cheshire, some sub-contracts will be placed with small engineering firms equipped to perform such work in this district?

Sir K. Wood

Sub-contracts are now being placed so far as possible on a regional basis, and I would therefore suggest that the firms my hon. Friend has in mind should apply in the first

Country Kind of Sugar Approximate Retail Price per lb. Date to which price relates.
Great Britain and Northern Ireland Granulated 2½d. 1st November, 1938.
France (Paris) Lump 3.1d. October, 1938.
Germany:
Berlin Coarse crushed household 6.8d. 19th October, 1938.
Vienna Lump 7.7d.
Holland (Amsterdam) Granulated 5.7d. 30th September,1938.
Moist 6.2d. and 6.4d.
Brown 6.2d. and 6.9d.
Italy (Rome) Refined 7.7d. 1st October, 1938.
United States of America average of 51 towns Not specified 2.6d. 12th July, 1938.