HC Deb 27 February 1946 vol 419 cc406-7W
Mr. Osborne

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many absorbed firms under concentration schemes have been granted permission to restart their businesses with the requisite premises, labour and materials in the hosiery trade and the boot and shoe industry, respectively.

Mr. Belcher

In the hosiery industry, 167 wholly or partially closed factories have reopened or are in process of reopening. The corresponding figure for the boot and shoe industry is 197. They will, of course, share in any general improvement of labour, supplies and materials.