§ Mr. Lewisasked the President of the Board of Trade to publish in HANSARD a table showing the number of bankruptcies in England and Wales in each of the years from 1945–52.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftThe figures are:
Year. Bankruptcies. 1945 … … … 207 1946 … … … 323 1947 … … … 626 1948 … … … 1,132 1949 … … … 1,491 1950 … … … 1,823 1951 … … … 1,816 1952 … … … 2,043