Hong Kong Textiles

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 January 1959.

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Photo of Mr Cyril Osborne Mr Cyril Osborne , Louth Borough 12:00, 22 January 1959

Will my right hon. Friend consider the word "textile" in this Question and bear in mind the fear that the woollen section will be affected in the same way as cotton has been, remembering that woollen goods are already starting to trickle through from Hong Kong at prices much lower than those at which we can produce in this country?