§ Mr. W. A. Robinsonasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that South and North American sausage casings are being imported into this country where they are remeasured and repacked, afterwards being exported to Germany as British casings, and that, in one case at least, American casings were so exported as British after being merely transferred from one ship to another while in dock; and, as such sales to German buyers represent grossly unfair competition with British casings manufacturers, will he take steps to protect this industry in Great Britain by prohibiting the import of these casings?
§ Mr. CrossMy right hon. Friend has no power to prohibit the importation of sausage casings from America. I would, however, remind the hon. Member that410W lars of imports of slipper cloth, as such, are not separately recorded in the trade returns of the United Kingdom.