HC Deb 06 June 1932 vol 266 cc1594-5W
Sir V. BOWATER

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that buyers of boxboards in this country are now obtaining the tops and bottoms, sides and ends in separate shipments, thus avoiding the additional 10 per cent, duty, and that a large number of sawmill workers in this country are consequently out of employment; and if he will take steps to prevent this evasion of the duty?

Major ELLIOT

Boxboards as such are not regarded as liable to the additional duty imposed on certain manufactures of wood and timber by the Additional Import Duties No. 1 Order, 1932. The question of extending the duty to the cases my hon. and gallant Friend has in mind is one on which any representations which it is desired to make should be addressed to the Import Duties Advisory Committee.