§ *MR. SMEATON (Stirlingshire)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether there is any prospect of the first Census of Production being-ready before the end of 1908; and whether he can see his way to show, in juxtaposition with the analysis of Home production, a similar analysis, under corresponding heads, of the production of the United States, Germany, and any other European countries.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEIt will not be possible for the results of the first Census of Production to be ready before the end of 1908. I will consider when the results of our own census are available how far it may be possible to make a comparison with the results of the United States Census, but I am advised that no comparison will be possible with Germany, or with any other European country, as no corresponding Census of Production has been instituted in those countries.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEYes; a Committee is sitting and preparing the forms and schedules.