§ Lieut.-Colonel WILLEYasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the serious delay in the production of textile machinery resulting from the iron-moulders' strike; and if, in view of the need to balance the reduction of working hours by increased machinery, it is proposed to intervene in the strike, with a 1180W view to expediting a settlement and permit the completion of orders for textile machinery so urgently required?
§ Sir R. HORNEI have been asked to reply to this question. The answer to the first part is in the affirmative. As regards the second part of the question, I understand that, in view of the recent award of the Interim Court of Arbitration for the Engineering Trades, negotiations between the parties concerned are being re-opened.