SIR HOWARD VINCENTI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that a movement is on foot in Germany to increase the duties on British steel to an extent highly injurious to the trade of Sheffield; and if he will take care to watch the agitation.
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI am aware of the movement to which the hon. Member refers. The whole subject of 502 the lapse of the German commercial treaties and of the probable effect on British trade is being carefully watched.