§ 42. Mrs. RUNGEasked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been called to the heavy importations of French flour into this country; if he will inquire to what extent the low price obtained is due to the rebate given to the French millers against their imports of foreign wheat; and what steps he proposes to take to prevent the competition in our market of this indirectly subsidised foreign flour?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI am aware that imports of French flour have increased in recent months. The scheme under which French exporters of flour obtained a rebate of import duty expired on 31st July, 1930, and the last part of the question does not, therefore, arise.