MR. FIELDI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the Board of Trade has considered the advisability of arranging an international governmental conference with a view be prevent corners in food stuffs; and whether the systematic gamblings in futures and corn options carried on by combined operators in the principal exchanges of the world may be modified or counteracted by united co-operative governmental action to protect the producer and consumer?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADEI have answered the honourable Gentleman many similar questions. May I ask him to accept from me this, that I do not propose to take any steps towards such an international conference as the honourable Member suggests. I do not consider that combined State action for moderating or counteracting the operations referred to would have any useful result.