§ 4. Sir PARK GOFFasked the President of the Board of Trade the number of applications for safeguarding which have been referred to his Department: the number of such applications which have been referred to committees; and the number of the applications which have been granted?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe number of definite applications made to the Board of Trade in accordance with the provisions of the White Paper relating to the Safeguarding of Industries is 42. Committees have been appointed to consider 15 of these applications, and safeguarding duties have been imposed in the case of six.
§ Sir ROBERT THOMASWould it not be better for the right hon. Gentleman to be consistent and to go in for complete Protection?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERNo. Whatever may be said on the ground of consistency or merit, there is a far greater argument for keeping our pledges.
§ Sir H. CROFTIn view of the success of this policy, will the right hon. Gentleman use all his powers to speed up the machinery in regard to applications that are now pending?