HC Deb 17 March 1925 vol 181 cc2074-5
9. Mr. DENNISON

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will supply derailed information as to the export and import of motor-cars, motor commercial vehicles, motor cycles, and parts thereof, together with the respective values for 1915 and the following years, giving particulars for the month of January, 1915 and 1925, separately?

Mr. A. M. SAMUEL (Secretary, Overseas Trade Department)

As the answer is rather long, the hon. Member will, perhaps, not object to my having it circulated in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

following is the answer:

The detailed information for which the hon. Member asks would, if printed in the OFFICIAL REPORT, fill a considerable number of pages, and, as it is to be found in official publications, copies of which are available in the Library, I am venturing to give the references to those publications. If the hon. Member, after consulting them, desires any further assistance, I shall be happy to render it as far as I can.

Particulars of the quantity and value of motor cars, motor cycles, and parts thereof, registered as imported into and exported and re-exported from Great Britain and Ireland, are given as follows:

For the years 1915 to 1919, inclusive, in Vol. I of the Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom for 1919 (pages 32, 49, and 65); for 1920 to 1923, inclusive, in Vol. I of the Annual Statement for 1923 (pages 51, 52, 90 and 135); for the year 1924, in the Monthly Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom for December, 1924 (pages 73, 174, 175 and 216); for the month of January, 1915, in the Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom for January, 1915 (pages 73, 132–3 and 157); and for January, 1925, in the Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom for January, 1925 (pages 5S. 120 and 147).

Some details as to the countries from whence imports and to which exports were consigned will be found, in respect of the years 1915 to 1923, inclusive, as follows:

For the years 1915–1919, inclusive, in the Annual Statement of Trade of the United Kingdom for 1919, Vol. I (pages 106 to 169, 306 to 308, and 613 to 016); and for the years 1920 to 1923, inclusive, in the Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom for 1923, Vol. II (pages 303 to 309, and 653 to 659): and Vol. III (pages 488 to 499).