Major GUESTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether baskets are being imported from Holland and Belgium at such a low price as to threaten the extinction of the old established basket industry at Castle Donington, near Derby; and whether he proposes to take any action with a view to securing fair treatment to a British industry vital to the prosperity of that locality?
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§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI am aware of the competition to which my hon. and gallant Friend refers, but His Majesty's Government have, at present, no power to take any action in the matter, even if action were clearly shown to be desirable.