HC Deb 15 March 1920 vol 126 c1838W
Mr. CLOUGH

asked the President of the Board of Trade if advertisements for pseudo-Dutch bulb firms are now being sent to British firms from Leipzig, thereby indicating German trade is being done under cover of firms in Holland; and whether he has considered any means of compelling enterprises of this kind to show on the literature itself that they are really of German origin?

Mr. BRIDGEMAN

My attention has been drawn to a case in which a Dutch bulb firm arranged for its catalogues to be posted from Germany, thus affecting, no doubt, a substantial saving on its postal account. If the hon. Member can furnish me with particulars of any case in which German goods sent to this country have been described as Dutch, I will consider what can be done in the matter.