§ Sir L. Ropnerasked the President of the Board of Trade how many separate brewery companies are now engaged in brewing; and how many were so engaged in April, 1959.
§ Mr. MaudlingI regret that the information asked for is not available. The most recent figures are those collected in the Census of Production for 1958. In that year the brewing and malting industry consisted of 311 separate enterprises, a holding company together with its subsidiary companies being counted for this purpose as one enterprise.