§ Major CARVERasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the serious consequences to the British fur industry which are accruing from the dumping in this contry of semi-manufactured and wholly-manufactured fur goods from Russia, which not only prevents the British fur trade from employing more hands but is having a disastrous effect upon the fur industry as a whole; and whether, in these circumstances, he will take the necessary steps to prevent such wholesale dumping from Russia?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANImports from the Soviet Union of some classes of furs and fur manufactures increased in 1934 compared with 1933, but imports of other classes decreased. There was also an increase in our re-exports of these goods. Any question of an increase in duty on goods not covered by the Anglo-German Trade Agreement of 1933 is a matter in the first place for the Import Duties Advisory Committee.