§ Mr. George Rodgersasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will provide figures showing the increase in output of the textile industry during each of the last 10 years for which the information is available.
§ Mr. CarmichaelThe output of the textile industry (Order XIII of the Standard industrial Classifiation) as measured by the index of industrial production (1970=100) was as follows:
1965 86.1 1966 85.9 1967 84.1 1968 97.1 1969 100.2 1970 100.0 1971 100.7 1972 103.1 1973 108.6 1974 99.2 1975 (provisional) 93.9 Source: Annual Abstract of Statistics; Monthly Digest of Statistics.