§ MR. REMNANTI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the distinction drawn in the Board of Trade Returns between articles mainly unmanufactured and articles mainly manufactured; and whether, and, if so, why woollen tops are classed with articles mainly manufactured, whereas woollen noils are classed with articles mainly unmanufactured.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEWith regard to the distinction between articles mainly manufactured and mainly unmanufactured I can only refer the hon. Member to a reply which I gave to a Question on the same subject by my hon. friend the Member for Chester, on April 24th inst,? The matter, which is too complicated to be dealt with in an Answer to a Question, is fully discussed in Cd. 2337, p. 236. Woollen tops have gone through stages of manufacture which entitled them, in my opinion, to be classed among semi-manufactured articles. Noils (like cotton and
†See page 329.‡(4) Debates, Clxxiii., 34.362 silk waste) are treated as waste products and classed with unmanufactured articles.