§ Sir J. LONSDALEasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the urgency of the question of defining more explicitly what goods are included in the prohibition of export of linen, duck woven, and that the linen trade of Ulster is seriously affected by the uncertainty prevailing on this matter; and if he can now make an announcement as to what goods are included in the term "duck"?
§ Mr. W. C. BRIDGEMANAs stated in replies recently given to the hon. Member, the question of the materials included in the prohibition of linen, duck woven, is one of some difficulty. As the result of a communication from the Board of Trade to the War Trade Department, a representative of the Linen Sub-Committee of the Department was sent to Belfast to confer with the Chamber of Commerce on the subject, and has now returned. His report has not yet been received, but I hope it will be possible to submit to the Board of Trade at an early date some suggestions for a new and more comprehensive definition of the goods intended to be covered by the prohibition.