HC Deb 19 December 1947 vol 445 cc437-8W
Mr. Spearman

asked the Minister of Agriculture how much profit the Govern- ment made out of the English Wool Clip last year, or at the date of the latest return.

Mr. T. Williams

As stated in the reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Mr. Sharp) on 17th April last, the average trading loss incurred by the Exchequer during the war years, including 1946, has been in the region of £1,250,000.

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