Major BARNESasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his Department, when compiling the detailed list of commodities alleged to fall under the general descriptions given in the key industries Schedule of the Safeguarding of Industries Act, applied for assistance to the British Association of Manufacturers of Fine Chemicals; if so, whether he received a list of commodities from this organisation; whether such list was submitted to any independent body, such as the Chemical Society or any similar nonpartisan body; and, if not, whether he is prepared to adopt such procedure in future administration in order to remove the impression that such lists are compiled without reasonable consultation with all parties competent to advise?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative; the remainder of the question, consequently, does not arise.