Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce

– in the House of Commons on 8 December 1949.

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    Mr. Platte-Mills: asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that men's shoes are now being made with a six iron shoulder outer sole, a board insole and heels of compressed board...

  • Cotton Textiles (Exports) (6 speeches)

    asked the President of the Board of Trade the volume of cotton textile exports, on the latest available date, expressed as a percentage of the 1937 volume.

  • Newspaper Placards (5 speeches)

    asked the President of the Board of Trade in view of the not excessive quantity of newsprint involved, if he will now allow newspapers and periodicals to display placards again.

  • Chip Baskets (4 speeches)

    asked the President of the Board of Trade how many chip basket manufacturers are actually manufacturing chip baskets in the area west of a line drawn from Bristol to Bournemouth.

  • Export Trade (Dollar Areas) (12 speeches)

    asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is now the intention of His Majesty's Government further to identify and publicise individual firms who have successfully responded to...

  • China (4 speeches)

    asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will now consider sending an economic and trade mission to China forthwith to investigate trade prospects with that country.

  • Men's Corduroy Trousers (3 speeches)

    asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will take steps to improve the supply of men's corduroy trousers and drill shirts in the slate-quarrying areas of Caernarvonshire.

  • Timber Production (Felling) (8 speeches)

    asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the programme for home timber production in 1950.

  • Flax Factory, Five Ash Down (Complaint) (6 speeches)

    asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the nuisance caused to persons living within one or two miles of the Five Ash Down flax factory by the smell of the retting; and...

  • Sulphuric Acid (Government Purchases) (7 speeches)

    asked the President of the Board of Trade why, by S.I., 1949, No. 1934, he has exempted from price control sales of sulphuric acid to Government Departments.

  • Production Efficiency Service (6 speeches)

    asked the President of the Board of Trade how many individual firms have asked for advice in raising productivity, from the Production Efficiency Service of the Board of Trade, in the years 1946,...