§ MR. D. A. THOMAS (Merthyr Tydvil)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the fact stated in the introductory memorandum to Parliamentary Paper [C. 8449], that a considerable proportion of the apparent increase in foreign importations is attributed in most of the colonies to the effect of the Merchandise Marks Act, and the consequent injury to British reshipment trade, he proposes to amend or to repeal that measure.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) The Board of Trade do not propose to repeal the Act. The question of its amendment is one for consideration;
† See (4) Debates, cxxiv., 377.1028 but it is obvious that no Bill dealing with the subject could be introduced during the present session.