§ 66. Mr. MacKENZIE LIVINGSTONEasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the quantity and value of the total imports of paper classified as wrapping or tissue paper, 10 pounds double crown and under, for the years 1913 and 1924?
Mr. SAMUELThe paper of the class to which the hon. Member refers would, I understand, be mainly though not exactly represented by the category "Tissue Paper," in the Official Trade Returns. The imports of tissue paper amounted in 1924 to 81,296 cwts., valued at £268,001. Corresponding particulars for 1913 are not available.
§ Brigadier-General Sir HENRY CROFTMay I ask the hon. Gentleman to note the question, and to realise that this means a loss of something like £100,000 in wages to British workers?