§ 68. Mr. MARCUSasked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of recent representations made to him on behalf of the jute industry in Dundee, he will in future stipulate that in all cases where companies or corporations are in receipt of a Government subsidy, and such companies or corporations are users of jute bags or jute cloth, the subsidy shall only be granted on condition that when tenders are sent out for the supply of jute bags or cloth they should distinctly state that such bags or cloth, and also the yarn from which those are produced, must be actually manufactured in the United Kingdom?
§ Mr. HAYES (Vice-Chamberlain of the Household)I have been asked to reply. My right hon. Friend has no power to make the stipulation suggested in the question, but he has used, and will continue to use, his influence with the beet-sugar factories to secure that orders for jute bags or jute cloth are placed within the United Kingdom.