§ Sir WILLIAM BULLI have the honour to present a petition from the National Union of Manufacturers. I do not propose to read it in full, but I crave leave to read one paragraph.
Your petitioners submit that the scheme which is engaging the attention of the Allied Conference on the subject of the £40,000,000 loan to Germany requires very careful consideration from the point of view of how British industries other than the textile industry are likely to be affected.I should like also to read the Prayer.Your petitioners therefore pray that the proposed scheme should be referred to the examination, from a British point of view, of a suitable committee representa- 1732 tive of the interests concerned (both masters and men) before any binding agreement is entered into.