§ 7. Mr. D. G. SOMERVILLEasked the President of the Board of Trade the value of German exports for 1930 as compared with the British for the same period?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMThe total value of the exports during 1930 of domestic merchandise from the United Kingdom was £570,553,000 and from Germany, excluding deliveries on account of reparations, £554,082,000. If deliveries on account of reparations be included, this latter figure would be raised to £589,114,000. The total value of the imported merchandise exported from the United Kingdom in 1930 was £86,980,000. Similar information in respect of Germany is not available.
§ Mr. SOMERVILLEArising out of the first part of the reply, is it not a very extraordinary thing that Germany, being a highly protected country, can exploit—