§ 49. Dr. Grayasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will seek to implement the recommendation in the report of the Textile Council that a tariff of 15 per cent. on duty-free cotton textile imports should be imposed to replace the present import quotas.
§ Mr. CroslandI have told the Textile Council that this is a far-reaching proposal which the Government will have to consider with great care in the light of their various obligations.