§ 109. Mr. BUTCHERasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the scarcity of tonnage and the necessity for stopping all luxurious and wasteful expenditure, he will issue orders prohibiting the importation of feathers and skins of birds from all places outside the British Empire?
Mr. RUNCIMANI would refer the hon. and learned Gentleman to the reply given on 11th July to the hon. Member for Roxburghshire, of which I am sending him a copy.
§ Colonel YATEWill the right hon. Gentleman respond to those countries which prohibit the export of plumage by prohibiting the import here?