Willow Merchants (Licences)

HC Deb 15 February 1949 vol 461 c148W

90. Major Legge-Bourke

asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the level in 1946 which the business of willow merchants must have reached to make them eligible for a Board of Trade licence to acquire willow rods or sticks from growers.

Mr. H. Wilson

The business of a willow merchant must have reached 1,000 bundles a year in 1946.