HC Deb 22 November 1973 vol 864 cc507-8W
Mr. Stainton

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will raise the 12½ per cent. ceiling or substitute a margin over the base lending rate to enable financial houses operating under orders of exemption under the Moneylenders Acts 1900 to 1927 to continue their banking business.

Sir G. Howe

This matter is under consideration.

and what are the comparative figures for the remainder of the United Kingdom non-motorised caravan industry.

Sir G. Howe

Production figures are shown in Table A below for the latest four quarters.

Comparable figures for exports are not collected from manufacturers. Estimates of exports by number and value value through North Humberside ports and through all other United Kingdom ports are shown in Table B.

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