§ Colonel Errollasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the textile machinery industry is unable to give any definite dates for the delivery of new cotton spinning machinery; and what steps he is taking to ensure that modernisation of the cotton industry can be attained within a reasonable time.
§ Sir S. CrippsBetween V.E. and V.J. days the textile machinery 461W industry was still very heavily engaged on war work, but production of textile machinery should now rapidly expand. A Government factory has been allocated to the principal makers of cotton spinning machinery to help them increase their production to meet the post-war needs of the home market and export. I shall do my utmost to see that as much modernised machinery as possible is made available for the cotton industry as rapidly as may be.