Mr. H. Wilsonasked the President of the Board of Trade the value of new home-produced equipment delivered to the cotton and staple rayon spinning and weaving industries, distinguishing spinning and weaving, respectively, for 1953 to 1956.
§ Sir D. EcclesManufacturers' deliveries, to the home market, of machinery for processing cotton or staple fibre rayon were:
Year For spinning and preparatory processes and subsequent processes preparatory to weaving For weaving £ million £ million 1953 … 5.0 2.4 1954 … 5.4 2.8 1955 … 6.1 2.4 1956 … 5.2 2.0