§ 4. Mr. MITCHESONasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will furnish a statement showing the average 825 aggregate monthly importation of those goods which were liable to duties of 50 per cent. under the Abnormal Importations Act during the period in which all these duties were in operation, and also the average aggregate monthly importation of these goods during the subsequent months during which they have been liable to duties at lower rates?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe precise figures asked for are not readily available. I am making inquiries whether the information can be obtained without an undue expenditure of time and labour.
§ 5. Mr. MITCHESONasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in order to enable this country to impose quantitative restrictions on imports without enforcing simultaneous control of home-produced supplies, he will consider recommending the denunciation of the International Convention for the Abolition of Import and Export Prohibitions and Restrictions?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe attitude of His Majesty's Government towards the Convention is under consideration, but I am not at present in a position to make a statement.
§ Mr. HERBERT WILLIAMSCan the right hon. Gentleman say why in the Agricultural Marketing Bill he does not take powers to restrict imports without a marketing scheme?