There had been for some years, replied Sir Andrew Duncan, an agreement between British and Japanese manufacturers for the import of Japanese hosiery into the United Kingdom. This agreement was reviewed in January, and import licence restrictions had since been relaxed to allow a limited import of cheap Japanese hosiery of the kind not made here.
Miss Wilkinson asked whether in view of Britain's position in regard to unemployment and food supplies, it was' necessary to arrange for the Import of silk stockings in war time, BY
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