HC Deb 02 November 1908 vol 195 cc782-3
MR. CHIOZZA MONEY

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been directed to the fact that the Canadian Manufacturers' Association is officially representing to the Canadian Government that British manufacturers are taking advantage of the Canadian public by exporting to Canada cloths which are shoddy and rubbish; whether he is aware that it was owing to similar representations that the Canadian Manufacturers' Association in 1904 was able to obtain the practical abolition of the preference on British woollens, the minimum duty on which is now as high as 30 per cent.; and whether he is taking any steps to counteract the renewed misrepresentations.

MR. CHURCHILL

My hon. friend will find, on reference to page 1356 of the Votes, that an answer has already been given to this Question.