§ 83. Squadron-Leader Flemingasked the President of the Board of Trade how many Statutory Orders and Regulations affected the Lancashire textile industry on 1st November, 1948; and how many such orders and regulations have since been revoked.
§ Mr. BottomleyThere were on the 1st November, 1948, 66 orders affecting the textile industry. Forty-two of these orders related to the supply and use of raw materials such as cotton and wool, and 24 related to the manufacture and supply and fixed maximum prices of textiles. These orders relate to the textile industry as a whole and none of them relates exclusively to Lancashire. None of these orders has been revoked since the 1st November. 1948.