§ 55. Mr. WATTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that his Department has prohibited the importation of bulbs and flower roots into this country on the ground of ship tonnage requirements, while at the same time permitting the importation of cut flowers in large quantity; and will he say why this preference is given to the manufactured article over the raw material, in view of the fact that the Government calls for the greater utilisation of the land of this country?
§ Mr. PRETYMANI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to a similar question addressed to me by the hon. Member for East Grinstead on the 1st June, of which I am sending him a copy.