§ 43. Mr. KERR (for Mr. CROSSLEY)asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can give any information of the agreement between representatives of the Lancashire cotton industry and representatives of the French textile industry regarding the quota on the import of British cotton goods into France; and if this agreement has the sanction of the French Government?
§ Mr. COLVILLEI understand that an agreement was come to last week between the Lancashire cotton interests and French cotton interests. The terms of the agreement have been communicated to the French Government but have not yet been published or put into force.