HC Deb 14 December 1954 vol 535 cc125-6W
117. Mr. McAdden

asked the President of the Board of Trade which United Kingdom company is the largest importer of tea.

each of the years 1950 to 1953, inclusive, and up to the latest convenient date in 1954.

Mr. H. Strauss

As explained in the Board of Trade Journal on 2nd October, 1954, the factory building statistics now record figures of area instead of value. The figures are, therefore, given on the new basis:

Mr. Low

This information is not available. In any case, it would be contrary to Government policy to use information obtained from the trade returns or from import licensing records to disclose the position of individual firms.