§ Mr. Johnstonasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that exports of jute cloth from Bengal to the United Kingdom in the year 1936 were 132,833,893 yards, being an increase of 375 per cent. over the figures for the year 1928; and whether he has given consideration to the effect of these exports upon the figures of recent unemployment among the jute workers in Dundee?
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Mr. StanleyI am aware of the recent increase in imports of jute cloth from India and I have arranged to receive a deputation from Dundee to-morrow to discuss the position.