§ Sir K. WOODasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he proposes to create an institute, somewhat on the 1116W Free State and Denmark, and the following statement as to wholesale prices relates to Irish and Danish eggs.
July, August, September, and October, 1929, and the like figures for the imports of similar goods in the same months of 1930?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMThe following table shows the total declared value of lace embroidery, of descriptions that were liable to Safeguarding or Silk and Artificial Silk Duties, imported into Great Britain and Northern Ireland registered during each month June to October, 1929 and 1930.
lines of the institute established in he United States of America by Mr. Mellon the Secretary to the Treasury, with the object of bridging the gulf between science and industry, and to provide a 1117W means of testing out new inventions with a view to their being utilised in the development of existing industries and in the establishment of new industries?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMResearch organisations have already been established in this country for the very purpose which the right hon. Gentleman has in view. With the help of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 27 research associations have been set up to meet the needs of individual industries and the published records of the Department afford sufficient proof of the value of their work in bringing science and industry into effective contact. It has been represented that the existing organisation needs to be supplemented in certain directions and these representations are now under consideration.