§ 72. Mr. Hoggasked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he proposes to take to restore the position of the cotton trade in the export market.
§ Mr. JohnstoneI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to a similar Question by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Middleton and Prestwich (Major Gates) on 10th October, to which I have nothing to add.
§ Mr. HoggCan my right hon. Friend tell me why, of three Questions, put in the same form with regard to three different industries two are answered by the Overseas Trade Department and one by the Board of Trade? What is the difference?
§ Mr. JohnstoneThe Questions are not in exactly the same form. My right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade desired that this Question should be answered on behalf of the Board of Trade, as it concerned policy.
§ Viscount HinchingbrookeWill the right hon. Gentleman make clear where the division of responsibility is between him and my right hon. Friend—
§ Mr. Speakerrose—