§ Mr. Blakerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the extra cost in imports of an increase of 1 per cent. in the rate of stock accumulation by manufacturing industry and the distributive trades, respectively; and if he will show separately his estimates for materials and fuel, work in progress and finished goods.
§ Mr. William RodgersEstimates do not exist in the detail required and could not he made with any confidence. There is evidence that the import content of stocks of materials and fuel is substantially greater than that of finished goods.