HC Deb 16 April 1919 vol 114 cc2885-6
38. Mr. BOWERMAN

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that, as a result of the Board's decision to remove the embargo upon the importation of manufactured paper at the end of the present month, many paper mills are being either worked short time or entirely closed, throwing many hundreds of workpeople out of work; whether he has received requests from the trade, employers and employed, that the import restrictions should remain operative until September; and whether, under the circumstances, he can see his way to favourably consider such requests?

Mr. BRIDGEMAN

I would refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for the Elland Division on the 7th April.