§ 56. Mr. CAPORNasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the imports of gloves, leather and fabric, increased from 1,100,000 dozen pairs in 1932 to over 1,600,000 dozen pairs in 1934; and whether he can give any estimate of the number of persons who might have been employed if the 1,600,000 dozen gloves, including the fabric in the case of fabric gloves, had been manufactured in this country?
§ Dr. BURGINThe figures given by my hon. Friend in the first part of the question are substantially correct. As the imports of these commodities are of a varied character, the second part of the question could only be answered on the basis of arbitrary assumptions.
§ Mr. RADFORDIs the Parliamentary Secretary aware that by far the greater part of the yarn from which these fabric gloves are made is made in Lancashire; and will he be very slow to do anything further to hamper Lancashire?