§ 4. Mr. H. WILLIAMSasked the President of the Board of Trade the imports and exports of key industries goods during the first six months of the present year, and, for comparison, during the corresponding periods of 1925 and 1926?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERMy hon. Friend may remember that I stated in the House on 31st May that I would consider what further particulars could be published with respect to key industry goods. It is not possible to give complete information as to imports and exports of these goods, but it has now been arranged that particulars of the imports from foreign countries of goods on which key industry duties have been paid shall be published quarterly in the Accounts of Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom. The July issue of these Accounts will contain particulars for the first two quarters of the current year. As key industry duties are not leviable on goods produced in and imported from the British Empire, the figures to be published will not cover such imports.