§ Mr. FLANAGANasked the President of the Board of Trade if he proposes, in connection with the operations of the restriction of imports of an abnormal character under the recent legislation, to take into consideration the wages paid to the workers on such goods in the exporting countries, so as to ensure that imports produced under conditions equal to our own receive preferential treatment as against those imports where this is not the case?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANNo such discrimination is provided for in the Abnormal Importations (Customs Duties) Act, which has been designed for the sole purpose of avoiding the prejudice to United Kingdom industries resulting from abnormal importations of particular foreign goods, whatever their origin.