HC Deb 26 May 1949 vol 465 c110W
92. Mr. Symonds

asked the President of the Board of Trade what quantities of spectacle lenses have been exported since July, 1948; and to what countries.

Mr. Bottomley

The number of lenses for spectacles, goggles, eyeglasses or monocles exported between July, 1948, and April, 1949, was 767,000, of which 466,000 were exported to British countries and 89,000 to the United States. I will send my hon. Friend a statement of the quantities exported to the individual countries.