§ Mr. BECKETTasked the Prime Minister how many of the reports from Royal Commissions appointed during the life of the present Government have been used for the framing and introduction of legislation adopting any of their proposals?
§ The PRIME MINISTERReports have been presented (both in June last) in the case of two out of the six Royal Commissions appointed during the life of the present Government, namely:
(i) First report of the Royal Commission on Unemployment Insurance.
TABLE showing the relative volume of the trade of the British Isles in 1903 and 1924, and of the trade of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1924 and 1930. In each case the volume in 1924 has been taken as 100. — Imports. Exports. United Kingdom Produce and Manufacture. Imported Merchandise. British Isles: … … … 1903 … … … 77.4 84.7 88.1 1924 … … … 100.0 100.0 100.0 Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 1924 … … … 100.0 100.0 100.0 1930 … … … 108.1 88.7 81.1 NOTE.—The comparison between the years 1903 and 1924 is based (1) on calculations made annually until 1913 by which the volume of British trade was compared with that in 1900, and (2) on calculations of the volume of trade in 1924 based on 1913 prices.