§ Mr. SMITHERSasked the President of the Board of Trade the value of the Swedish blow lamps and Primus wickless stoves imported into this country during the present year; whether imports are on the increase; whether he is aware that as a consequence of the depreciation in the Swedish rate of exchange the benefit to British manufacturers of the 20 per cent, tariff has largely disappeared; and what action he proposes to take in the matter?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe information asked for in the first two parts of the question is not available as blow lamps and wickless stoves are not separately enumerated in the trade returns of the
1144W5. The mean quoted rates for the respective currencies during the three years specified were as follow:—
United Kingdom, but I have no reason to think that the rates of exchange have materially affected the position under the present tariff, which was conventionalised in the recent Anglo-Swedish Agreement.