§ Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the President of the Board of Trade for each year since 1945 the monthly average production of all forms of paper bags in the United Kingdom; and if he will give monthly figures for 1957 to the latest convenient month.
§ Sir D. EcclesInformation is available only for the years 1948, 1951 and 1954 when detailetd censuses of production were taken. Monthly figures are not collected. The following are figures of sales by manufacturers:
— Paper Bags Paper Sacks Th. cwts. £m. Th. cwts. £m. 1948 1,967 11.4 811 3.5 1951 2,514 24.2 1,556 15.2 1954 2,019 15.1 1,919 11.4 NOTES:
1. These figures relate to firms employing more than 10 persons.
2. For 1948, only establishments in Great Britain were covered; for 1951 and 1954 the figures relate to United Kingdom.
3. The 1954 figures are provisional.