§ Colonel GRETTONasked the President of the Board of Trade how many applications by industries for safeguarding were 1865W considered not to have a prima facie case for inquiry by a committee, and how many industries have been considered not to have established their case to be safeguarded after inquiry by a, committee set up by the Board of Trade?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERUp to the present 16 applications have been rejected by the Board of Trade as not disclosing a prima facie case for reference to a Committee, and three applications have been rejected after such reference.