§ Mr. HOGGEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has received a copy of a resolution passed by a joint meeting of British traders, held on 3rd September, calling for the abandonment of the present system of collecting German reparations by means of a levy, which, they claim, operates as a very serious handicap to British traders in competition with other European countries and with our own Dominions; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter?
§ Mr. SNOWDENThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative, and to the second in the negative.
§ Mr. HOGGEasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can give a list of the commodities which by special order are exempted from the operation of the German Reparation (Recovery) Act, 1921; and if he will give the names of the members of the Board of Trade Committee on whose authority the exemptions have been made from time to time?
Mr. WEBBI am sending the hon. Member a list of the 16 exemption orders under the Reparation Recovery Act, which are still in operation. The Committee upon whose recommendations these orders are made consists; of the following gentlemen: Mr. H. A. Trotter (chairman), Mr. F. R. Davenport. Mr. Stanley Machin and Mr. D. Withers.