§ 30. Mr. H. WILLIAMSasked the President of the Board of Trade the number and value of shirts imported into this country from Japan this year up to the latest date for which figures are available, together with the corresponding figures for the same period of 1931?
§ Dr. BURGINThe precise information desired by my hon. Friend is not available, but during the four months January to April, 1934, the total declared value of shirts, collars and cuffs (not hosiery) imported into the United Kingdom and consigned from Japan was £56,000, as compared with £8,000 during the corresponding period of 1931.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSCan the hon. Member say what steps it is intended to take to deal with the seven-fold increase?
§ Dr. BURGINThat is a matter on which we should have to consult the importers of shirts. The question that I have been asked is a statistical one.
§ Mr. THORNECan the hon. Member say what was the value of the black shirts imported?