HC Deb 12 May 1967 vol 746 c298W
Mr. Barnett

asked the President of the Board of Trade, how many textile mill closures there have been in each of the years since 1945.

Mr. Jay

The following are the numbers of closures which have taken place since 1952 and include, in some years, a good deal of double counting where mills were engaged on more than one activity. Very little information is available for earlier years.