§ 40. Mr. WISEasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Government is prepared to take any steps having in view the reorganisation of the Yorkshire woollen and worsted industries, particularly in regard to the purchase of 1063 its raw material and the better and cheaper selling of its finished products, in order to avoid the threatened reduction of wages and to assist a revival of trade?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMI trust that the industry will adopt the suggestion in paragraph 62 of Lord Macmillan s Report that passible sources of economy of the kind that my hon. Friend has in mind should be examined further. As my hon. Friend is aware, the good offices of the Government are at all times available to the industry.
§ Mr. WISEDoes the right hon. Gentleman propose to set up a committee of inquiry as in the case of the cotton, iron and steel industries, and would direct proposals from the trade as to its reorganisation be considered?
§ Mr. GRAHAMI could not to-day promise any committee of inquiry. I can only say that the Report is before us, and beyond that I cannot go.
§ Mr. SPEAKERWe are taking an extra long time over questions owing to the number of supplementaries, and we are getting on very slowly.