HC Deb 23 May 1928 vol 217 cc1879-80
64. Mr. RYE

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will take steps to amend Section IV of the Command Paper 2327, relating to safeguarding of industries, so as to transfer to the Board of Trade the power to determine the procedure to be followed by the committees to be set up to inquire into any application for safeguarding?

Mr. H. WILLIAMS

No, Sir. I do not think that such an amendment is required.

Mr. RYE

Does the hon. Gentleman not think that there should be uniformity of procedure; and is he aware that the

existing when the Bill was introduced was £5 million, made up as shown in Table VII in the Government Actuary's Report on the financial provisions of the the Bill (Cmd. 2406). It is not yet possible to forecast the actual cost for the year in question.