§ Mr. MABANEasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what proportion in value of the imports shown in the Trade 'and Navigation Returns for 1931 in Class I, Groups A, B, C, D and E, are consigned from and grown, produced and manufactured in the Empire overseas as defined in the Import Duties Bill, after excluding from the calculation all imports of Class 1 mentioned in the First Schedule of the Import Duties Bill;
(2) what proportion in value of the imports shown in the Trade and Navigation Returns for 1931 in Class II are consigned from and grown, produced, or manufactured in the Empire overseas as defined in the Import Duties Bill, after excluding from the calculation all imports of Class II mentioned in the First Schedule of the Import Duties Bill?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANnow supplies the following additional information in, completion of his answer of 18th, February:
After deducting the value of articles excluded by the First Schedule to the Import Duties Bill, the proportion of the imports into the United Kingdom during 1931 of the remaining articles in Class I, Groups A to E, that were consigned from British countries was about 31 per cent.