§ SIR CHARLES McLARENI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the rules relating to the use of lead glazing in heavy pottery have been definitely settled by him, or whether opportunity will be given for the expression of the views of the men and masters engaged in the sanitary ware industry, so that he may consider the effect of these regulations on the foreign export trade in these goods.
§ * MR. AKERS DOUGLASI have some doubt as to the classes of earthenware to which the hon. Baronet is referring. If he means those for which rules were recently submitted to arbitration, the rules are settled by award on the Arbitration after full opportunity for a hearing has been given to the masters and men of all the firms affected by the rules who desire it. As regards other branches of the earthenware trade, any representations which may be made to me shall be carefully considered.