asked the President of the Board of Trade which trade associations were consulted with regard to the question of representation on the Raw Cotton Commission.

The members of the Raw Cotton Commission have been selected for their personal qualifications without reference to trade associations.

In view of the fact that the Raw Cotton Commission has worked with the cotton industry, would it not have been beneficial to have had such consultation with the various trade associations concerned?

I do not think that would have added anything to the information we had already from the gentlemen who were selected. In fact, most, if not all, so far appointed, apart from the full-time members, have been serving in an advisory capacity, and the cotton industry has been working with them now for some years.