asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the resolution passed by the Drapers' Chamber of Trade, in which it is declared that trade boards have had a disastrous effect upon the dressmaking, bespoke and millinery trades he will inform the House of further contemplated extensions of these boards, so that full consideration can be given to the question of safeguarding traders in smaller towns who find themselves handicapped in business by reason of the imposition of rates of wages based upon the conditions prevailing in the larger centres?