HC Deb 06 July 1922 vol 156 cc591-3W
Lieut.-Colonel NALL

asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what was

Description. Monthly Average for Year 1921. Monthly Average for five months ended 31st May, 1922.
Dozen pairs. Dozen pairs.
Gloves:
Of woven fabric:
Silk 1,637 844
Other 10,185 44,713
Knitted, netted or crocheted, including gloves of knitted fabric:
Of cotton 44,247 108,210
Of wool 295 293
Of other textile materials, not woven 769 6,437
Total 57,133 160,497

As regards the second question, the following statements show the quantities of cotton yarns of counts not over 120's, exported from the United Kingdom, consigned to Germany during the year 1921,

the maximum production reached in any one month by the English fabric glove industry; what was the average quantity per month imported from Germany in 1921 and in the latest recorded period in 1922;

(2) the quantity of Nos. 40 to 120 counts, inclusive, of yarn exported to Germany in 1921: what was the quantity of cotton fabric-gloves imported from Germany in the same period: what quantity of yarn is represented in the same: and the corresponding figures to the latest available date in 1922?

Mr. BALDWIN

Referring to the first part of the first question, I find that according to particulars furnished in evidence before the Committee of Inquiry under the Safeguarding of Industries Act, the production of fabric gloves by members of the National Association of Fabric Glove Manufacturers of Great Britain reached, in April, 1920, a maximum somewhat in excess of 200,000 dozen pairs. I am unable to say what addition to this figure should be made in respect of the production of firms who were not members of the association. As regards the second part of the first question, the following statement shows the average quantity per month of fabric gloves imported into the United Kingdom, registered as consigned from Germany during the under-mentioned periods, so far as particulars are available:

and the quarter ended 81st March, 1922: and the quantities of gloves, not of leather, imported into the United Kingdom consigned from Germany during the same periods:

— Jauuary-December, 1921. January-March, 1922.
lbs. lbs.
Cotton yarns exported:
Gray, unbleached:
Up to No. 40 1,055,200 416,500
Over No. 40 up to No. 80 9,235,900 3,009,800
Over No. 80 up to No. 120 4,055,600 1,031,000
Bleached and dyed:
Up to No. 40 1,300 —
Over No. 40 up to No. 80 16,000 100
Over No. 80 up to No. 120 — —
Gloves imported: Dozen pairs. Dozen pairs.
Of woven fabric:
Silk 19,641 3,059
Other 122,215 123,859
Knitted, netted or crocheted, including gloves of knitted fabric:
Of cotton 530,968 251,497
Of wool 3,540 1,464
Of other textile materials, not woven. 9,231 13,644
Total 685,595 393,523

I am informed that the quantity of yarn needed for the manufacture of a dozen pairs of fabric gloves varies between about half a pound and a pound. I have no information as to the quantities represented by the gloves covered by the above statement.