§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will set out in tabular form the average price of raw materials, the average price of the principal raw materials used in the engineering, shipbuilding, pottery and principal export industries prior to the formaton of each trade association, and the price for two years after the formation of the trade association and for 1938, 1948, 1957, respectively.
§ Sir D. EcclesThe wide range of varieties, grades and units of measurement of raw materials makes it impossible to calculate a useful average of their prices. The information asked for in the second part of the Question is not available.