§ Mr. Wootton-Daviesasked the Minister of Supply, how the £500,000 a year to be paid by the State to the Liverpool and Manchester Cotton Associations is to be distributed; whether the associations will allocate this sum to individual firms as they like, or whether it will be allocated on any fixed basis; and, if so, of what nature?
§ Mr. Harold MacmillanThe payment is being made to the company formed by the associations in return for its services in the purchase and distribution of cotton. I understand that the method of remunerating the members for their services to the company is now under consideration by the two associations.