§ 88. Mr. Draysonasked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been drawn to the official pronouncement by the Director of the Canadian Textile Board that Canada had been forced to seek new markets because she was unable to get woollen textiles from Britain and Europe; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the large stocks of wool in this country are being made available to the textile industry.
§ Mr. BelcherI have no knowledge of the statement referred to Canada is getting supplies of wool textiles from this country, but there is a world shortage of these goods and it is unfortunately not possible to satisfy all requirements. I am glad to say that recently it has been possible to increase the allocations. As regards the last part of the Question, the programmes of production by the wool textile industry are designed to make the best use of all the available capacity, and manufacturers have free access to all the raw wool-they require for this purpose.