§ Mr. Weatherillasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish the numbers of new company registrations in the years 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970 to date, and the numbers of bankruptcies in the same year.
§ Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody:
New company registrations Compulsory and creditors' voluntary liquidations 1964 48,315 2,203 1965 36,315 2,727 1966 28,256 3,410 1967 31,292 3,715 1968 20,654 3,290 1969 25,154 3,672 1970 (1st quarter) 6,926 1,028 The numbers of bankruptcies for the years 1964 to 1968 are given in the Bankruptcy General Annual Report for 1968.