Hand-Loom Weaving

Mr. Byers
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many of the 60 persons to whom licences for hand-loom weaving were granted in 1947 were disabled ex-Servicemen.

Sir S. Cripps
Of the 60 cases mentioned in the reply which I gave to a Question from the hon. Member on 3rd April, seven were from disabled ex-Servicemen and three from firms who train and employ disabled ex-Servicemen exclusively.