23. Mr. T. THOMSONasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that children's imitation pearl necklets made of glass, imported from Japan, are being held up by the Customs authorities as being liable for duty under the key section of the Safeguarding of Industries Act, on the ground that they are manufactured by the process known as lamp blown, when imported loose or on strings of cotton, but when imported on silken threads, which silken threads would represent 90 per cent. of the value of the completed article, they are admitted free; and is he prepared to amend the key section of the Safeguarding of Industries Act so as to remove anomalies of this kind?
§ Mr. BALDWINI am not aware of any specific case of necklets threaded on silk to which the hen. Member's statement is applicable; and, consequently, the second part of the question does not arise.