The Archive · 1938

Lancashire in Bad Plight

The condition of the cotton trade! fas affected by Japan in India was put in the forefront of the arguments speakers in the House of Commons when Mr, Harold Sutcliffe, Conservative member for the Royton Division of Lancashire, drew the attention of members to the need of adopting a more active policy for the development of the export trad Mr, Hamilton Kerr; Conservative! member, for Oldham, supporting Mr, Sutellffe's contention, "declared. that Great Britain could not accept Japan's refusal to allow her to trade with Chi The Lancashire cotton trade, he declared, was ina terrible plight.

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