§ Mr. Haleasked the President of the Board of Trade what, in the light of the latest information available to him, is the number of cotton and man-made fibre
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF COTTON YARN AND THREAD (C.I.F.) Quantity Value Country of consignment 1965 1966 1965 1966 Thous. lb £'000 India … 6,265 8,928 1,039 1,461 Hong Kong … 6,174 5,870 1,346 1,293 Malta … 896 891 199 174 Other Commonwealth countries … 636 233 100 40 Irish Republic … 2,516 2,758 432 492 Belgium … 1,081 569 285 173 Switzerland … 1,045 1,191 359 495 Portugal … 1,474 5,112 348 1,097 Spain … 5,632 5,101 899 748 Italy … 2,501 1,421 625 271 Greece … 933 784 205 177 Israel … 944 627 178 141 Other Foreign countries … 1,049 911 377 357 Total … 31,146 34,397 6,397 6,917
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF YARN AND THREAD OF MAN-MADE FIBRES (C.I.F.) Quantity Value Country of consignment 1965 1966 1965 1966 Thous. lb. £'000 Commonwealth countries … … 2,883 1,774 531 614 Irish Republic … … 95 135 45 56 Western Germany … … 3,077 4,078 1,511 2,061 Netherlands … … 4,909 4,198 2,974 2,526 Belgium … … 1,231 1,232 627 532 France … … 3,273 1,132 1,378 610 Switzerland … … 2,162 3,569 1,082 1,565 Italy … … 3,811 3,048 1,764 1,332 Japan … … 1,028 3,093 391 1,179 United States of America … … 10,491 7,537 4,283 3,552 Other Foreign countries … … 945 3,592 399 1,370 Total … … 33,906 33,389 14,984 15,397
§ Mr. Haleasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will appoint an expert commission, to study cotton and man-made fibre imports, with full powers to call for all relevant information and to report and advise.
182Wmills in Lancashire which have ceased production or announced a cesser of production since 1st November, 1966.
§ Mr. J. P. W. Mallalieu27 mills have closed and two have announced their closure since the 1st November, 1966.