§ Mr. Purbrickasked the President of the Board of Trade the date on which the regulation became operative in this country prohibiting the importation of goods to private individuals, of which the gross weight exceeded five pounds, and the dates when the existence of this regulation was received in the various Dominions, Colonies, and other neutral countries respectively, from which these parcels were in the habit of being despatched.
§ Captain WaterhouseThe regulation prohibiting the importation of gift parcels, exceeding 5 lbs. in weight, for private individuals applies to parcels sent from abroad after 28th June, 1941. The new procedure was announced on the 21st506W May, and details of it were telegraphed about the same time to the countries abroad from which such parcels were sent.