§ Mr. JOHNasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in the Census of Production now being taken, he will arrange that the results as regards the various industries be tabulated in counties, so that the precise economic conditions obtaining in Wales may be accurately ascertained?
Mr. BUXTONAs I informed my hon. Friend the Member for the Tottenham Division of Middlesex on 16th January last, "The provisions of the Census of Production Act, 1906, Section 6 (3) (aimed at preventing the publication of particulars identifiable as relating to individual businesses), would render it impossible, in many cases, for the Board of Trade to publish separate figures for each county." With regard to certain trades, the same consideration would apply to the publication of separate figures for Wales as a whole.