§ MR. C. W. GRAY (Essex, Maldon)asked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether offering for sale and ticketing foreign meat as British meat is an infringement of the Merchandise Marks Act under Clause 3 (b) relating to "the country in which any goods were produced?"
§ THE PRESIDENT (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)I am not in a position to give an authoritative opinion upon the construction of an Act of Parliament; but I might call the attention of the hon. Member to the provisions of the Merchandise Marks Act, which enacts that every person who applies any false trade description to goods is guilty of an offence against the Act, and to the fact that the expression "trade description" includes any description, statement, or other indication, direct or indirect, as to the place or country in which any goods were made or produced; and that the expression "goods" is denned as meaning anything which is the subject of trade, manufacture, or merchandise.