§ Mr. GOULDasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the total annual value of wicker goods im-
Description and Countries whence consigned. 1926. 1927. 1928. Baskets and Basket Ware: Furniture: £ £ £ Consigned from:— Germany 4,204 3,119 5,556 Netherlands 633 551 1,704 Belgium 4,302 3,085 2,412 Madeira 6,756 5,784 5,769 Other Foreign Countries 1,893 3,065 2,612 Total from Foreign Countries 17,788 15,604 18,053 Total from British Countries 845 482 440 Total Imports 18,633 16,086 18,493 Other descriptions: Consigned from:— Germany 84,788 117,523 125,215 Netherlands 137,720 134,867 126,792 Belgium 102,339 115,334 117,824 France 9,724 10,811 10,442 French Indo-China (including Cochin China, Camboja Annam, Tonquin and French leased territories in China). 18,225 1,651 1,848 Italy 7,919 3,349 5,673 Japan (including Formosa and Japanese leased territories in China). 6,564 5,235 5,728 Other Foreign Countries 12,193 11,992 11,106 Total from Foreign Countries 379,472 400,762 404,628 Total from British Countries 2,254 2,223 2,327 Total Imports 381,726 402,985 406,955 The importation of goods made in and I am not aware of any application foreign prisons is prohibited by the under that Act for the exclusion of any Foreign Prison-made Goods Act, 1897, articles of basket-ware.
2256Wported into this country during the past three years; the countries of origin and volume of imports from each; whether any such goods are produced by prison labour; and whether the Washington Hours Convention applies to this labour in the respective countries exporting these goods?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHSeparate particulars in respect of the imports into this country of wicker goods, as distinct from other descriptions of baskets and basket-ware, are not recorded in the United Kingdom trade returns.
The following table shows the total declared value of the imports of baskets and basket-ware into the United Kingdom during the years 1926, 1927 and 1928, distinguishing the principal countries whence these imports were consigned.