§ Mr. Osborneasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the relative figures for the main branches of the textile industry for 1938 and 1950 on the basis of which he calculates that neither production nor exports for 1950 had recovered to the extent of 1938.
§ Mr. RhodesI assume that this Question has arisen from a statement made by the then President of the Board of Trade during the debate on the Budget proposals on 16th April. This related solely to the cotton industry, and the relative figures are set out in the table below:
Unit 1938 1950 Production: Cotton and cotton waste yarns Mn. lbs. 1,050 954 Woven cotton cloth Mn. lin. yds. 2,800 (a) 2,123 Exports: Cotton yarns Mn. lbs. 123 71 Woven cotton piece goods Mn. sq. yds. 1,368 822 (a) Estimated