§ General CROFTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether licences are being issued by the Board for the importation of inverted burners; and, if so, whether such licences had been granted to naturalised or unnaturalised Germans in other countries?
§ Mr. WARDLELicences are being issued to importers in the United Kingdom for the importation of incandescent burners to the extent of 50 per cent. of their imports in 1916. Import licences are never given to firms abroad.