§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the President of the Board of Trade if the attention of the Government has been called to the probability of the prolongation of the present preference under which French textile goods are allowed to enter Germany; and whether, in view of the serious effect this would have on British manufactures, he is taking steps to make representations against any such policy?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERIt is common knowledge that proposals of this kind have been discussed, and steps have already been taken to make it clear to the French and German Governments that the claim of His Majesty's Government to equal treatment in this respect for British textiles will be insisted upon should the case arise.