§ 19. Sir R. COOPERasked the President of the Board of Trade whether permits have been granted by the Lords of the Privy Council to any firms or individuals authorising them to import goods known to be of German manufacture since the commencement of the war?
Mr. ROBERTSONUnder the terms of paragraph 8 of the Trading with the Enemy Proclamation, No. 2, of the 9th September last, licences have been granted to import certain classes of goods of German origin in a limited number of cases. In issuing these licences regard has been 1290 had to the special requirements of this country and the difficulty of obtaining the particular descriptions of goods except from this source.