10. Mr. Shawcrossasked the President of the Board of Trade of what kinds and quantities were the sets of parts of motor cars imported into the United Kingdom during 1946 and in January and February, 1947, which were wrongly included in the trade return as completed motor cars; what was their value; and from what countries were they imported.
§ Sir S. CrippsThese parts were needed to complete the assembly in this country of motor cars, which were otherwise of British manufacture. The assemblers could not make these parts, all of which came from France and amounted to 1,231 tons, valued at £224,000, in 1946 and to 316 tons, valued at £77,000, in January and February 1947.