HC Deb 18 November 1948 vol 458 c55W
31. Sir W. Smithers

asked the President of the Board of Trade if, in view of the fact that the economic welfare of Britain is bound up with the prosperity of the Lancashire cotton industry, and that the purchases of raw materials made by the Raw Cotton Commission are not correctly related to spinners requirements at home, he will introduce legislation to re-open a free market on the Liverpool Cotton Exchange.

Mr. H. Wilson

No.