§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSON (Dundee)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is prepared 1366 to take any step to facilitate a settlement of the dispute in the Engineering Trade, so as to avert the great misfortune of a widespread cessation of work in a great industry?
§ MR. RITCHIEIf the intervention of the Board of Trade is asked for I shall be happy to consider the application; but I do not think any action of the Department in this direction would at present be serviceable.