Mr. Adamsonasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that large numbers of baths, equal to 25 per cent. of the British requirements, are being imported into this country from Germany, and that the German Government provides a very heavy subsidy for this purpose; and as short time is being worked in the industry in this country, and that workpeople have been threatened with discharge because of these subsidised imports, he will take powers to regulate their import by the imposition of a quota?
1214WRoad Employment Exchange, Fulham, each month from January, 1938, to April, 1939?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe following table shows the numbers of unemployed men, women and juveniles on the registers of the Walham Green Employment Exchange on one day in each month from January, 1938, to April, 1939:
§ Mr. StanleyImports of baths into this country are governed by an international agreement among industries. In recent months, imports from Germany have exceeded the agreed limit; but I am informed that steps are being taken, by agreement between the British and German industries, to correct the position. I have no information regarding any subsidy to German exports. Cast-iron baths imported into this country at present pay a duty of 15 per cent., ad valorem.