§ 29. Mr. REMERasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is prepared to make an estimate of how many days' work will be provided for Lancashire cotton mills if all the cotton yarn, cotton cloth, and other goods containing cotton at present imported to this country were excluded?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMI regret that it is not possible to make such an estimate.
§ Mr. REMERMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman how he reconciles his lack of knowledge with the statement he made last week that the cotton industry—
Mr. ERNEST WINTERTONCould the President of the Board of Trade make an accurate estimate of the number of additional days' work if he could exclude all foreign imports into this country?