§ MR. RAMSAY MACDONALDI beg to ask the President of he Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to certain prosecutions for the purpose of restraining the British manufacturers of cigars from using boxes with labels printed in Spanish as being contrary to the law of merchandise marks; whether his attention, has also been drawn to the fact that cigars in boxes, with labels printed in Spanish, are imported from countries where Spanish is not more commonly spoken than it is in Great Britain; and whether he proposes, in view of the handicap which this places upon the British manufacturer, to equalise the administration of the law between British manufacturer and foreign importer.
§ MR. CHURCHILLMy attention has been called to the prosecutions referred to. I entirely agree with the hon. Member that there should be equality in the administration of the law between British and foreign manufacturers, and I am now in communication with the Customs on the subject.