§ Mr. PARKINSONasked the President of the Board of Trade how many companies have become bankrupt or gone into liquidation, and how many mills have 558W been closed down as a result, in the cotton industry in Lancashire between October, 1931, and October, 1933?
§ Dr. BURGINThirty limited companies and one firm in the cotton industry centred in Lancashire have gone into liquidation or become bankrupt in the period named. Thirty-one mills owned by these concerns have closed down.