§ Sir BASIL PETOI desire to present to this Honourable House a humble petition signed by 147 female workers in the fabric glove industry in the borough of Bideford, in the county of Devon, showing that, whereas a Customs Duty has been imposed upon imported fabric gloves since 1925 and, as a result, employment in the glove industry has greatly increased, and new female workers and learners have obtained employment and in consequence of the fear that the Duty will not be continued after the termination of the five years for which it was imposed employment is decreasing and without the Duty half of those now employed in the industry would lose the employment they have obtained since the Duty was imposed. Therefore your petitioners pray that the Customs Duty on fabric gloves shall be continued for a further period of years.