§ Colonel P. WILLIAMSasked the President of the Board of Trade the number of objections received by his Department to the items printed in the list issued by his Department as being liable to duty under the Safeguarding of Industries Act from September, 1921, to 1st April, 1922; and how many have been dealt with?
§ Mr. BALDWINAs I have previously stated in this House, the total number of formal complaints under Section 1 (5) of the Safeguarding of Industries Act, received up to the 17th December, the latest date by which complaints could be made, was 540, this number including complaints as to both inclusions in and exclusion from the lists issued by the Board of Trade. A large proportion of these are, however, not likely to be proceeded with, and a number have already been withdrawn. In only 12 cases have statements of the grounds of complaint been furnished, in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Referee; in nine cases decisions have been given, and one case is in course of hearing.