§ 64. Mr. Anthony Greenwoodasked the President of the Board of Trade what approach Her Majesty's Government has made to the Japanese Government with a view to ensuring that the designs of British textile goods are not misused by Japanese manufacturers.
§ Mr. LowAs my right hon. Friend promised the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Hale) on 20th May, the evidence collected on this subject by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Cotton Board and the British Man-Made Fibres Federation has been brought formally to the notice of the Japanese Government in Tokyo. My right hon. Friend also discussed the matter with Mr. Mukai, the Japanese Prime Minister's personal representative, when he visited this country at the end of June. I have no doubt that the Japanese Government are taking this problem very seriously, and I am glad to say that, with their co-operation, a delegation of Japanese textile industrialists is now in Manchester to discuss practical ways of preventing copying.