HC Deb 05 March 1930 vol 236 cc463-4W
Mr. T. SMITH

asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of bankruptcies registered in the agricultural industry for each year from 1923 to 1929, inclusive?

Mr. N. BUXTON

The following statement gives the information desired:

Number of Receiving Orders and Deeds of Arrangement made against Farmers in each of the undermentioned years.
Year. Receiving Orders. Deeds of Arrangement. Total.
No. No. No.
1923 … 317 165 482
1924 … 233 136 369
1925 … 234 135 369
1926 … 224 124 348
1927 … 293 194 487
1928 … 284 184 468
1929 … 206 152 358