DOMINION IMPORTS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 370, 3 November 1932, Page 5

DOMINION IMPORTS

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i , / ..e V restriction needed SUGGESTION BY LABOUR, MEMBER IN THE COMMONS. DEBATE UPON o OTTAWA

— By Telegraph — Copyrlght).

Rec. Nov. 2, 7.0 p.m. London, November 2. In the House of Gommops, in pommittee, on tfie Ottawa Bill, Mr. Rhys Davies (Labour) moved. thattrestripr tions on importatipns of frozen and chilled meat be made and .also that retail prices be fixed. Dr. E. L. .Burgin, (Parliaipentary Secretary to the Board of Trade), replying, said that proyision was. already made against an insufficiency pf supplie's. The Board of Trade hpped that the meat industry itself would realise that it would be better to submit regulations of its own than for Government regulations to be forced upon it. Mr. L. C. M. S. Amery (Conservative, Sparbrook) said that the whole

" •meat position at Ottawa reflected little credit on the Government's f oresight and courage. They should have concerned themseives primarily with the defence of British agriculture, which with such help as it received, had to thank the Dominions rathef than the British representatives. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the jExchequer, said he was convinced that the Ottawa agreements were the only way to secure stability in the live stock industry in Great Britain. Earl Winterton (Conservative, Horsham) said the farmers were facing a situation graver than had existed for a century. It was common talk in the lobbies that the only reasons the Goyernment had adopted the quota system instead of tariffs was that one of the members of Cabinet was opposed to the tariffs. Voices: Who is he? Earl Winterton: A member of one of the Liberal Parties. Mr. Percy Harris (Liberal, Bethnal Green) said he would reveal the Minister's identity. It was Mr. Walter Runciman. He had given a pledge to his constituents that he would permit a quota instead of an honest duty. The English and Scottish farmers are on the brink of collapse. Quick action was needed to assist agricultural interests in connection with live stock. The amendment was defeated by 302 votes to 65 votes.