§ 5. Mr. Prescottasked the President of the Board of Trade the figures of increased production, number of operatives and additional looms in operation, resulting from the Darwen Textile Production Campaign; whether his Department favours such campaigns; and whether he will stress their desirability to other Lancashire textile towns.
§ Mr. H. WilsonDuring the 12 weeks of this campaign the number of looms running in Darwen rose from 7,240 to 8,235, an increase of 13.71 per cent. and the number of weavers from 1,786 to 2,000, an increase of 12 per cent. The Darwen Production Committee did not include figures of actual output in the basis on which they organised the campaign. I would like to take this opportunity of congratulating the Production Committee and the people of Darwen on these excellent results and of emphasising again, my conviction as to the great good which such campaigns can do.