HC Deb 25 July 1933 vol 280 c2399
28. Sir A. KNOX

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether in the trade agreement now under negotiation with the Government of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics he will retain for our Government the power to prohibit the import of goods the price of which would endanger the standard of living of British workers?

Dr. BURGIN

As my hon. and gallant Friend has already been informed, his representations on this point have been noted.

Sir A. KNOX

Will the hon. Gentleman convey to the President of the Board of Trade, who is absent from the House today, the great difficulty of controlling imports from Russia merely by tariffs, owing to sweating conditions in Russia?

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