§ Lieut.-Colonel HOWARD-BURYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the cut recently made in foreign motor tyres due to depreciated exchanges; and whether he will hold an inquiry with a view to scheduling foreign motor tyres under the Safeguarding of Industries Act, and to prevent the ruining of this home industry?
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Country Year 1921. Year 1922. Jan.-March 1923. Total Imports therefrom: £ £ £ Czecho-Slovakia 5,703,149 5.226,264 1,850,557 Hungary 87,653 409,535 204,748 Austria 703,039 1,582,404 418,572 Roumania 3,390,567 1,695,481 495,404 Greece 4,034,230 4,012,911 1,138,229 *Serb-Croat-Slovene State 764,851 643,952 206,870 Bulgaria 126,916 50,253 1,325 Exports thereto: (a) U.K. Produce and Manufactures: Czechoslovakia 1,317,696 744,457 133,567 Hungary 300,393 204,982 46,131 Austria 1,734,041 1 038,288 236,463 Roumania 5,798,593 2,636,449 615,661 Greece 5,876,761 3,795,658 838,090 *Serb-Croat-Slovene State 1,048,439 665,634 188,312 Bulgaria 1,047,091 848,550 331,466 (b) Foreign and Colonial Merchandise: Czecho-Slovakia 1,415,794 304,185 27,528 Hungary 26,761 27,518 6,897 Austria 407,857 412,207 58,290 Roumania 129,742 52,021 18,000 Greece 261,307 67,271 32,351 *Serb-Croat-Slovene State 27,640 18,796 2,039 Bulgaria 31,475 22,475 2,834 *Including Montenegro in 1923.
§ Sir P. LLOYD-GREAMEI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by the Prime Minister to questions on the subject addressed to him on the 18th July.