HC Deb 17 December 1946 vol 431 cc338-9W
74. Mr. Spence

asked the President of the Board of Trade the average monthly value of knitted outerwear produced in Great Britain; and the percentages allocated for home consumption and for export.

Mr. Belcher

Value figures exist only for hosiery production as a whole, and not for separate types of knitwear. There are no export allocations for knitted outerwear; instead, there is a limit beyond which export licences are not granted. This varies with the kind of knitwear, but averages rather less than 10 per cent., by quantity, of production.