HC Deb 31 July 1951 vol 491 cc156-7W
48. Mr. Russell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the Annual Abstract of Trade is not published until more than two years after the end of the last year covered by it.

Mr. Gaitskell

Because the Annual Statement of Trade comprises over 2,500 pages of closely printed statistical tables, and takes a long time to prepare and print.