§ 9. Mr. Sutcliffeasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can give an indication of the effect which the proposed reduction in the dollar import programme will have on the imports of cotton from the United States.
§ Mr. H. WilsonImports of cotton from the United States should, taking into account the full use of available supplies from other sources, be at a level sufficient to enable the industry to function efficiently and to maintain the current improved production trend for the present. But I must emphasise that the maintenance of dollar imports of cotton on this scale depends on the success of the industry in increasing very considerably its sales to the dollar markets.