HC Deb 17 December 1919 vol 123 cc449-50W
Lieut.-Colonel POWNALL

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the import of toys from Germany and the Netherlands, the latter having been manufactured in Germany, which amounted together in October to £18,865 and in November to £51,881; and whether, in view of this considerable and rapidly increasing import from Germany, which is very materially helped by the low rate of the German exchange, he will again consider the advisability of taking steps to protect the recently developed British toy-making industry?

Sir A. GEDDES

I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply which I gave on Monday to a question by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Southport.

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