§ Captain W. BENNasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the total quantities and values of the articles comprised in the Schedule to the Draft Order made by the Board of Trade in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by Part II of the Safeguarding of Industries Act which were imported into the United Kingdom from Germany in the months of June, 1913, and June, 1922, respectively; and the number of workers employed at home in the manufacture of the same or similar articles to those comprised in the five classes of the said Schedule, respectively, for the months of June, 1913, and June, 1922?
§ Sir P. LLOYD-GREAMEPrecise details respecting imports into the United Kingdom from Germany of the several descriptions of commodities enumerated in the Schedule to the Order are not in all cases available as in a number of cases they are included with other goods under more general headings. This consideration affects particularly the figures relating to glass-ware.
837WCorresponding figures for the month of June, 1913, cannot be given.
I am not in a position to state the numbers engaged in these branches of manufacture either in June, 1913, or June, 1922. The reports of the Committees of Inquiry show the information regarding these special branches furnished in evidence at the inquiries.