§ 112. Mr. Nabarroasked the Minister of State, Board of Trade, as representing the Minister of Materials, what progress he has made with his discussions and negotiations for ending jute control, and restoring to private traders full facilities for importing, on their own respective accounts, manufactured jute goods; and whether he will now make a statement.
Mr. AmoryThe discussions with the industry to which I referred in my reply of 16th February related only to raw jute. These discussions have been completed and private trading in raw jute has been allowed since 15th July. The problem of safeguarding the United Kingdom jute manufacturing industry is being examined by the Government, but this examination has not yet been completed.