§ 86. Mr. Piratinasked the President of the Board of Trade what is the amount of the subsidy on cotton cloth now removed by the Government; and what percentage of the total net value of utility cotton cloth was this subsidy.
§ Mr. BottomleyThe subsidy on utility cotton cloth cost just under £8 million during the financial year 1947–48 and is estimated to cost £250,000 during the current financial year. 1 he subsidy on household textiles, which was removed last June, varied from 20 per cent, to 6o per cent. of the manufacturers' ceiling prices. The subsidy on apparel cloths and handkerchief cloths, which was
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