HL Deb 10 November 1954 vol 189 c1312WA
LORD BARNBY

asked Her Majesty's Government if they will state the credit balance accruing to the Treasury during the first nine months of 1954 from the purchase of manufactured or semi-manufactured jute products from India and their subsequent resale in this country.

THE JOINT PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (LORD MANCROFT)

The net profit during the first nine months of 1954 from the sale in this country of manufactured or semi-manufactured jute products from India was approximately £2,340,000.

House adjourned at ten minutes before seven o'clock.