§ Mr. George Craddockasked the President of the Board of Trade how many bankruptcies have taken place in the distributive trades during the past three years; and the comparative figures of 1924, 1925 and 1926.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftThe numbers of bankruptcies and deeds of arrangements in the distributive trades in each of the years referred to by the hon. Member were as follows:
1948 … 260 1924 … 2,627 1949 … 379 1925 … 2,628 1950 … 430 1926 … 2,363