§ Lord CAVENDISH-BENTINCKasked the President of the Board of Trade whether German embroideries are being imported into this country at 1s. 7d. a yard, at which price it is impossible to produce similar goods in England whether this unfair competition is caused by the depreciation of the German currency; and what immediate steps the Government propose to take to remedy a state of affairs which is depriving British working men of employment?
§ Sir P. LLOYD-GREAMERepresentations have been made to me by the trade that German embroideries are being imported into this country at the price specified by my Noble Friend. It will be realised that the effect of collapsed exchanges, which is a most difficult question, is of wide application, and cannot be dealt with in relation to any single trade. His Majesty's Government are fully alive to1908W the situation, and, as I have stated in reply to a number of similar inquiries, the question as a whole is engaging our earnest consideration.