§ Mr. Thorntonasked the President of the Board of Trade the total number of applications which have been received from firms which have entered the scheme for scrapping machinery under the Cotton Industry Act, 1959, to continue operating the machinery to be scrapped after 31st March, 1960; how many have been granted; and on what grounds.
§ Mr. MaudlingThe Cotton Board informs me that out of thirty applications, permission has been granted in seventeen cases for special reasons as provided for in the reorganisation schemes.