HC Deb 31 October 1932 vol 269 c1449W
Mr. TURTON

asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of bankruptcies of butchers in each of the years 1929, 1930 and 1931 and in the first eight months of the present year?

Dr. BURGIN

The numbers of bankruptcies of butchers in the years 1929, 1930 and 1931 were 108, 141 and 99 respectively, and in the first eight months of this year the number was 60.