§ 9. Mr. HEPWORTHasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the dumping of ready-made clothes on an increasing scale in this country; whether he possesses sufficient information to show its nature and extent; and to which of his Departments is entrusted the collection of statistics on this subject with a view to possible legislation?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI receive information from time to time regarding the importation of ready-made clothes into this country at alleged cut prices. The statistics of the importation of clothing are collected by the Customs Department in the usual way, and are shown in the Monthly Trade Accounts. I would remind my hon. Friend that any proposal for an alteration in rates of import duty is a matter for consideration in the first place by the Import Duties Advisory Committee.